Austromegabalanus psittacus
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 Picture of a Picoroco and a Chilean sea urchin
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| Austromegabalanus psittacus Molina, 1782 |
Austromegabalanus psittacus or Picoroco as it is known in Spanish is a species of giant barnacles native to the coastes of Chile and southern Peru. The Picoroco inhabits litoral and intertidal of rocky shores and grows normally up to 30 cm in high and has a mineralized shell composed of calcite (CaCO3). It is used in Chilean cuisine.
