Balanidae

Balanidae
Balanus glandula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Thecostraca
Order: Sessilia
Suborder: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Balanoidea
Family: Balanidae
Leach, 1806
Genera

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The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Sessilia, containing these genera:[1][2]

  • Alessandriella Carriol, 2001
  • Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004
  • Arossia Newman, 1982
  • Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979
  • Balanus Da Costa, 1778
  • Concavus Newman, 1982
  • Fistulobalanus Zullo, 1984
  • Fosterella Buckridge, 1983
  • Megabalanus Hoek, 1913
  • Menesiniella Newman, 1982
  • Notomegabalanus Newman, 1979
  • Paraconcavus Zullo, 1992
  • Perforatus Pitombo, 2004
  • Tamiosoma Conrad, 1857
  • Tetrabalanus Cornwall, 1941
  • Zulloa Ross & Newman, 1996
  • Zulloconcavus Carriol, 2001

References

  1. Benny K. K. Chan (2011). "Balanidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  2. F. B. Pitombo (2004). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha)". Zoologica Scripta 33 (3): 261–276. doi:10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x.

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