Balanidae
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Balanus glandula | |
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Family: | Balanidae Leach, 1806
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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
- ^ Benny K. K. Chan (2011). "Balanidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ 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.
External links
Data related to Balanidae at Wikispecies