Notomegabalanus

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Austromegabalanini
Genus: Notomegabalanus
Species (6+7†): N. algicola – N. campbelli – N. concinnus – N. decorus – N. krakatauensis – N. squillae – †N. buckeridgei – †N. insperatus – †N. kensleyi – †N. lepidus – †N. miodecorus – †N. obliquus – †N. wilsoni

[Source: WoRMS+ Zullo & Guruswami-Naidu, 1982]

Name

Notomegabalanus Newman, 1979: 293

• Gender: [masculine]
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Balanus decorus Darwin, 1854: 212, by original discussion
• ZooBank: 3B4F6790-DC79-42D5-AFBA-C23843125B30

References

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983: Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, (50) Reference page.  [See p. 106. as Austromegabalanus (Notomegabalanus)]
• 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.  [See p. 293]
• 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]
• Zullo, V.A. & Guruswami-Naidu, R.B. 1982. Late Miocene balanid Cirripedia from the basal Wilson Ranch Beds ("Merced" Formation) Sonoma County, northern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42: 525-535. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 534, for Notomegabalanus concinnus]