Balanus

Balanus
Balanus glandula with Chthamalus fissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Infraclass: Cirripedia
Order: Sessilia
Family: Balanidae
Genus: Balanus
Da Costa, 1778
Species

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Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea, containing the following species:[1]

  • Balanus albicostatus
  • Balanus amaryllis Darwin
  • Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
  • Balanus aquila Pilsbry, 1907
  • Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Balanus bloxhamensis Weisbord, 1966
  • Balanus borsodensis Kolosváry, 1952
  • Balanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916
  • Balanus campbelli Filhol, 1886
  • Balanus chisletianus Sowerby, 1859
  • Balanus citerosum Henry, 1973
  • Balanus concavus
  • Balanus connelli Cornwall, 1927
  • Balanus crenatus Bruguiére, 1789
  • Balanus curvirostratus Menesini, 1968
  • Balanus darwinii Seguenza, 1876
  • Balanus dentivarians Henry, 1973
  • Balanus eburneus Gould, 1841
  • Balanus ecuadoricus Pilsbry & Olson, 1951
  • Balanus flosculoidus Kolosváry, 1941
  • Balanus gizellae Kolosváry, 1967
  • Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854
  • Balanus hohmanni Philippi, 1887
  • Balanus humilis Conrad, 1846
  • Balanus imitator Zullo, 1984
  • Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
  • Balanus irradians Zullo & Guruswami-Naidu, 1982
  • Balanus irregularis Broch, 1931
  • Balanus kanakoffi Zullo, 1969
  • Balanus kondakovi Tarasov & Zevina, 1957
  • Balanus laevis Bruguiere, 1789
  • Balanus laguairensis Weisbord, 1966
  • Balanus leonensis Weisbord, 1966
  • Balanus microstomus Philippi, 1887
  • Balanus minutus Hoek, 1913
  • Balanus mirabilis Krüger, 1912
  • Balanus newburnensis Weisbord, 1966
  • Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854
  • Balanus ochlockoneensis Weisbord, 1966
  • Balanus pallidus Darwin
  • Balanus pannonicus Kolosváry, 1952
  • Balanus parkeri Zullo, 1967
  • Balanus perforatus Bruguiére, 1789
  • Balanus poecilus Darwin, 1854
  • Balanus polyporus Pilbry, 1924
  • Balanus provisoricus Kolosváry, 1961
  • Balanus pulchellus Ren, 1989
  • Balanus rhizophorae Ren & Liu, 1978
  • Balanus rostratus
  • Balanus sauntonensis Parfitt, 1871
  • Balanus similis Weltner, 1922
  • Balanus spongicola Brown, 1844
  • Balanus subalbidus Henry, 1974
  • Balanus tamiamiensis Ross, 1964
  • Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854
  • Balanus tuboperforatus Kolosváry, 1962
  • Balanus tumorifer Kolosváry, 1962
  • Balanus uliginosis Henry, 1973
  • Balanus vadaszi Kolosváry, 1949
  • Balanus veneticensis Seguenza, 1876
  • Balanus withersi Pilsbry, 1930
  • Balanus zhujiangensis Puspasari, Yamaquchi & Ross, 2002

The species Balanus balanoides (common barnacle, common rock barnacle, northern rock barnacle) has been reclassified as Semibalanus balanoides in the family Archaeobalanidae, due to its membranous base.

References

  1. ^ Benny K. K. Chan (2011). "Balanus Costa, 1778". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106122. Retrieved September 18, 2011. 

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