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WoRMS taxon details

Balanidae Leach, 1817

106057  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106057)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Thecostraca (Class)
  7. Cirripedia (Subclass)
  8. Thoracica (Infraclass)
  9. Thoracicalcarea (Superorder)
  10. Balanomorpha (Order)
  11. Balanoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Balanidae (Family)
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  1. Subfamily Acastinae Kolbasov, 1993
    1. Genus Acasta Leach, 1817
    2. Genus Archiacasta Kolbasov, 1993
    3. Genus Euacasta Kolbasov, 1993
    4. Genus Neoacasta Kolbasov, 1993
    5. Genus Pectinoacasta Kolbasov, 1993
  2. Subfamily Amphibalaninae Pitombo, 2004
    1. Genus Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004
    2. Genus Fistulobalanus Zullo, 1984
    3. Genus Tetrabalanus Cornwall, 1941
  3. Subfamily Archaeobalaninae Newman & Ross, 1976
    1. Genus Actinobalanus Moroni, 1967
    2. Genus Armatobalanus Hoek, 1913
    3. Genus Bathybalanus Hoek, 1913
    4. Genus Chirona Gray, 1835
    5. Genus Conopea Say, 1822
    6. Genus Membranobalanus Hoek, 1913
    7. Genus Notobalanus Newman & Ross, 1976
    8. Genus Solidobalanus Hoek, 1913
    9. Genus Striatobalanus Hoek, 1913
    10. Genus Hesperibalanus Pilsbry, 1916 accepted as Solidobalanus Hoek, 1913 (No morphological differences between Solidobalanus and Hesperibalanus (see note below)
  4. Subfamily Balaninae Leach, 1817
    1. Genus Balanus Costa, 1778
    2. Genus Tamiosoma Conrad, 1857
    3. Genus Zulloa Ross & Newman, 1996
  5. Subfamily Bryozobiinae Ross & Newman, 1996
    1. Genus Bryozobia Ross & Newman, 1996
    2. Genus Eoatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
    3. Genus Microporatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
    4. Genus Multatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
    5. Genus Poratria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
  6. Subfamily Concavinae Zullo, 1992
    1. Genus Arossia Newman, 1982
    2. Genus Chesaconcavus Zullo, 1992
    3. Genus Concavus Newman, 1982
    4. Genus Menesiniella Newman, 1982
    5. Genus Paraconcavus Zullo, 1992
    6. Genus Perforatus Pitombo, 2004
  7. Subfamily Hexacreusiinae Zullo in Newman, 1996
    1. Genus Hexacreusia Zullo, 1961
    2. Genus Zulloana Pitombo & Ross, 2002
  8. Subfamily Megabalaninae Leach, 1817
    1. Genus Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979
    2. Genus Fosterella Buckeridge, 1983
    3. Genus Megabalanus Hoek, 1913
    4. Genus Notomegabalanus Newman, 1979
    5. Genus Pseudoacasta Nilsson-Cantell, 1930
    6. Genus Tasmanobalanus Buckeridge, 1983
    7. Genus Fosterela Buckeridge, 1983 accepted as Fosterella Buckeridge, 1983 (name misspelled, should be Fosterella not Fosterela)
  9. Subfamily Semibalaninae Newman & Ross, 1976
    1. Genus Semibalanus Pilsbry, 1916
  10. Subfamily Wanellinae Chan, Dreyer, Gale, Glenner, Ewers-Saucedo, Pérez-Losada, Kolbasov, Crandall & Høeg, 2021
    1. Genus Wanella Anderson, 1993
marine, brackish
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Balanidae Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106057 on 2025-02-07
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Southward, Alan
2005-03-30 08:09:10Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-10-22 06:14:53Z
checked
Chan, Benny K.K.
2017-11-07 05:50:04Z
changed
Chan, Benny K.K.

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taxonomy source Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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