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 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 connelli Cornwall, 1927
  • Balanus crenatus Bruguiére, 1789
  • Balanus curvirostratus Menesini, 1968
  • Balanus darwinii Seguenza, 1876
  • 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 (extinct)
  • †Balanus imitator Zullo, 1984 (extinct)
  • 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 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 Hoek, 1883
  • 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

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. Retrieved September 18, 2011.

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