Austromegabalanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Austromegabalanini
Genus: Austromegabalanus
Species (5 + 3†): †A. carrioli – A. cylindricus – A. isolde – A. nigrescens – A. psittacus – A. zulloi – †A. piscoensis – †A. victoriensis

[Source: WoRMS]

Name

Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979: 290

• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Lepas psittacus Molina, 1788: 223, by original designation
• ZooBank: 7A9F1349-6852-4F59-8B1C-02ED414D0A96

References

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin (50). Reference page. 
• Molina, J.I. 1788: Compendio de la historia geografica, natural y civil del reyno de Chile. En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha. Año M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Se hallará en su librería en la Aduana Vieja.,[1788]. 386 pp. BHL [In Spanish] Reference page.  [See p. 223]
• Newman, W.A. 1979: On the biogeography of balanomorph barnacles of the Southern Ocean including new balanid taxa: A subfamily two genera and three species. IN Proceedings of the International Symposium of Marine Biogeography and Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research information series 137 1: 279–306. Reference page. 
• Pitombo, F.B. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33(3): 261–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x Reference page.  [See p. 275]