Balanidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

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

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamiliae (5): Amphibalaninae – Balaninae – Concavinae – Megabalaninae – Wanellinae
Balanidae incertae sedis (1†): Titobustillobalanus

Overview of Genera (13+7†)

†Alessandriella – Amphibalanus – Arossia – Austromegabalanus – Balanus – †Chesaconcavus – †Concavus – Fistulobalanus – †Fosterella – Megabalanus – †Menesiniella – Notomegabalanus – Paraconcavus – Perforatus – Tamiosoma – Tetrabalanus – †Titobustillobalanus – Wanella – †Zulloa – †Zulloconcavus

Check (1): Fosterela
(misspelling from Pitombo, 2004)
[Source: WoRMS]

Name

• Balanidae Leach, 1817:
• Type genus: Balanus

References

• Leach, W.E. 1817. Distribution systematique de la class Cirripedes. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 85: 67–69. Reference page. 

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• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-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. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page. 
• Hosie, A.M. & Ahyong, S.T. 2008. First records of the giant barnacles, Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) and A. psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Balanidae. Zootaxa 1674: 59–64. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1674.1.5 Reference page. 
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 59]
• 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. 
• Ross, A. 1966: Comments on the authorship of the cirriped familial name Balanidae. Crustaceana 11(1): 110. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 110]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Balanidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Balanidae.
• ION
• Balanidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

• English: balanid
• magyar: Tengerimakkok
• 中文: 藤壶科