Balanus calidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: 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
Subfamilia: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: Balanus calidus
Subspecies (2): B. c. calidus – B. c. nonstriatus

Name

• Balanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916: 118
  • Original status: valid species
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Miocene to Pleistocene, US East Coastal Plain; living, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, East Coast north to North Carolina
  • Type locality: Albatross station 2372, 29°15'30"N, 85°29'30"W, 27 fathoms; southwest of Cape San Blas, western Florida
  • Typus: USNM 48193, not found; USNM 10069, type lot
  • ZooBank: A5138561-9A38-43BC-8FD0-1857F87B79DA

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 118, original description]

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• Gale, A.S. & Sadorf, E. 2026. Cirripedes (Crustacea) from the Neogene and Pleistocene of Lee Creek Mine, Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA. Acta Geologica Polonica, 76(2): e80. DOI: 10.24425/agp.2026.158194 Reference page.  [See p. 8, discussion
• 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. 65]
• 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. 274]