Balanidae

The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Sessilia, containing these genera:[2][3]

  • †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

Balanidae
Balanus glandula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Hexanauplia
Infraclass:
Cirripedia
Order:
Sessilia
Suborder:
Balanomorpha
Superfamily:
Balanoidea
Family:
Balanidae

Leach, 1817[1]
Genera

See text

References
  1. Leach, W. E. (1817). Distribution systématique de la classe Cirripède. Journal de Physique de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle, 85, 67– 69.
  2. Benny K. K. Chan (2011). "Balanidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  3. 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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