Megabalanus yamaguchii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Megabalanini
Genus: Megabalanus
Species: †Megabalanus yamaguchii

Name

• Megabalanus yamaguchii Karasawa & Kobayashi, 2025: 67
  • Stratigraphic and geographic range: Lower Miocene (Burdigalian); Japan
  • Type locality: Akatsukibora (Loc. 12), Hiyoshi-cho, Mizunami City; siltstone of the Shukunohora Facies, Akeyo Formation, Mizunami Group
  • Typus: Holotype MFM9061; paratypes MFM9062-1-9, 10, 11, 12, 13
  • ZooBank: D69C5E77-C227-45A3-98D1-E278951E4585

References

• Karasawa, H. & Kobayashi, N. 2025. Cirripedes from the Miocene Mizunami Group, central Japan, with the description of a new species of Amphibalanus Pitombo from the Iwamura Group, central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 52(1): 55––99. DOI: 10.50897/bmfm.52.1_55. Reference page.  [See p. 67, original description]