The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Balanomorpha. As a result of research published in 2021 by Chan et al., the members of the family Archaeobalanidae were merged with this family.[2][3]
| Balanidae | |
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| Balanus glandula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
| (unranked): | Sessilia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Balanoidea |
| Family: | Balanidae Leach, 1817[1] |
Genera
editThese genera belong to the family Balanidae:[3]
- Acasta Leach, 1817
- Actinobalanus Moroni, 1967
- Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004
- Archiacasta Kolbasov, 1993
- Armatobalanus Hoek, 1913
- Arossia Newman, 1982
- Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979
- Balanus Costa, 1778 (barnacle)
- Bathybalanus Hoek, 1913
- Bryozobia Ross & Newman, 1996
- Chesaconcavus Zullo, 1992
- Chirona Gray, 1835
- Concavus Newman, 1982
- Conopea Say, 1822
- Eoatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
- Euacasta Kolbasov, 1993
- Fistulobalanus Zullo, 1984
- Fosterella Buckeridge, 1983
- Hesperibalanus Pilsbry, 1916
- Hexacreusia Zullo, 1961
- Megabalanus Hoek, 1913
- Membranobalanus Hoek, 1913
- Menesiniella Newman, 1982
- Microporatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
- Multatria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
- Neoacasta Kolbasov, 1993
- Notobalanus Newman & Ross, 1976
- Notomegabalanus Newman, 1979
- Paraconcavus Zullo, 1992
- Pectinoacasta Kolbasov, 1993
- Perforatus Pitombo, 2004
- Poratria Van Syoc & Newman, 2010
- Pseudoacasta Nilsson-Cantell, 1930
- Semibalanus Pilsbry, 1916
- Solidobalanus Hoek, 1913
- Striatobalanus Hoek, 1913
- Tamiosoma Conrad, 1857
- Tasmanobalanus Buckeridge, 1983
- Tetrabalanus Cornwall, 1941
- Wanella Anderson, 1993
- Zulloa Ross & Newman, 1996
- Zulloana Pitombo & Ross, 2002
- † Alessandriella Carriol & Cahuzac, 2001
- † Archaeobalanus Menesini, 1971
- † Kathpalmeria Ross, 1965
- † Palaeobalanus Buckeridge, 1983
- † Paractinobalanus Carriol, 2008
- † Porobalanus Buckeridge, 2015
- † Zullobalanus Buckeridge, 1989
- † Zulloconcavus Carriol, 2000
References
edit- ^ Leach, W. E. (1817). Distribution systématique de la classe Cirripède. Journal de Physique de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle, 85, 67– 69.
- ^ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (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. hdl:11250/2990967.
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species, family Balanidae". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
External links
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Data related to Balanidae at Wikispecies
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