Balanomorpha
| Balanomorpha | |
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| Semibalanus balanoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| (unranked): | Sessilia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 [1] |
| Superfamilies[2] | |
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The Balanomorpha are a suborder of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The suborder contains these families:[3]
- Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
- Balanidae Leach, 1817
- Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
- Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
- Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916
- Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
- Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
- Coronulidae Leach, 1817
- Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
- Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976
- Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825
- Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
References
- ^ "Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ WoRMS (2019). Balanomorpha. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106039 on 2019-01-15
- ^ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132.
External links
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