Austromegabalanus

Austromegabalanus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–recent [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Austromegabalanus zulloi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Balanomorpha
Family:	Balanidae
Subfamily:	Megabalaninae
Genus:	Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979 [2]

Austromegabalanus is a genus of giant barnacles. ^{[3] [4]} It contains both extant and extinct species. ^{[1] [3]}

Species

There are nine extant and fossil species: ^[3]

• † Austromegabalanus carrioli Collareta et al., 2019 ^[5]
• Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1780) ^{[6] [7]}
• Austromegabalanus isolde (Holthius & Silvertsen, 1967) ^[7]
• Austromegabalanus kensleyi Pether, 1990
• Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) ^[7]
• † Austromegabalanus piscoensis Carriol et al., 1987 ^[7]
• Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788) ^[7]
• † Austromegabalanus victoriensis Buckeridge, 1983 ^[7]
• Austromegabalanus zulloi Newman, 1979 ^[7]

References

1. "Austromegabalanus Newman 1979". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
2. 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. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Marine Biogeography and Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere, sér. 137, vol. 1, p. 279–306
3. "Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
4. E. A. Egan & D. T. Anderson (1987). "Larval development of the megabalanine balanomorph Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck) (Cirripedia, Balanidae)" . Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research . 38 (4): 511–522. doi:10.1071/MF9870511.
5. Alberto Collareta; Giovanni Coletti; Giulia Bosio; John Buckeridge; Christian de Muizon; Thomas J. DeVries; Rafael M. Varas-Malca; Alí Altamirano-Sierra; Mario Urbina-Schmitt; Giovanni Bianucci (2019). "A new barnacle (Cirripedia: Neobalanoformes) from the early Miocene of Peru: Palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical implications". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 292 (3): 321–338. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2019/0825.
6. Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2005. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN   0-86486-672-0
7. F. B. Pitombo (2004). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha)". Zoologica Scripta . 33 (3): 261–276. doi:10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x.