Balanus

Balanus
Balanus glandula with Chthamalus fissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Infraclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Sessilia
Family:	Balanidae
Genus:	Balanus Da Costa, 1778
Species
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Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea, containing the following species:

• Balanus albicostatus
• Balanus amaryllis Darwin
• Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
• Balanus aquila Pilsbry, 1907
• Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Balanus bloxhamensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus borsodensis Kolosváry, 1952
• Balanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916
• Balanus campbelli Filhol, 1886
• Balanus chisletianus Sowerby, 1859
• Balanus citerosum Henry, 1973
• Balanus concavus
• Balanus connelli Cornwall, 1927
• Balanus crenatus Bruguiére, 1789
• Balanus curvirostratus Menesini, 1968
• Balanus darwinii Seguenza, 1876
• Balanus dentivarians Henry, 1973
• Balanus eburneus Gould, 1841
• Balanus ecuadoricus Pilsbry & Olson, 1951
• Balanus flosculoidus Kolosváry, 1941
• Balanus gizellae Kolosváry, 1967
• Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854
• Balanus hohmanni Philippi, 1887
• Balanus humilis Conrad, 1846
• Balanus imitator Zullo, 1984
• Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
• Balanus irradians Zullo & Guruswami-Naidu, 1982
• Balanus irregularis Broch, 1931
• Balanus kanakoffi Zullo, 1969
• Balanus kondakovi Tarasov & Zevina, 1957
• Balanus laevis Bruguiere, 1789
• Balanus laguairensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus leonensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus microstomus Philippi, 1887
• Balanus minutus Hoek, 1913
• Balanus mirabilis Krüger, 1912
• Balanus newburnensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854
• Balanus ochlockoneensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus pallidus Darwin
• Balanus pannonicus Kolosváry, 1952
• Balanus parkeri Zullo, 1967
• Balanus perforatus Bruguiére, 1789
• Balanus poecilus Darwin, 1854
• Balanus polyporus Pilbry, 1924
• Balanus provisoricus Kolosváry, 1961
• Balanus pulchellus Ren, 1989
• Balanus rhizophorae Ren & Liu, 1978
• Balanus rostratus
• Balanus sauntonensis Parfitt, 1871
• Balanus similis Weltner, 1922
• Balanus spongicola Brown, 1844
• Balanus subalbidus Henry, 1974
• Balanus tamiamiensis Ross, 1964
• Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854
• Balanus tuboperforatus Kolosváry, 1962
• Balanus tumorifer Kolosváry, 1962
• Balanus uliginosis Henry, 1973
• Balanus vadaszi Kolosváry, 1949
• Balanus veneticensis Seguenza, 1876
• Balanus withersi Pilsbry, 1930
• Balanus zhujiangensis Puspasari, Yamaquchi & Ross, 2002

The species Balanus balanoides (common barnacle, common rock barnacle, northern rock barnacle) has been reclassified as Semibalanus balanoides in the family Archaeobalanidae, due to its membranous base.

External links

• Data related to Balanus at Wikispecies
• "Balanus Da Costa, 1778". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=89600.