Balanidae

Balanidae
Balanus glandula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Superorder:	Thoracicalcarea
(unranked):	Sessilia
Order:	Balanomorpha
Superfamily:	Balanoidea
Family:	Balanidae Leach, 1817 [1]

The Balanidae is 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]}

Genera

These 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

1. Leach, W. E. (1817). Distribution systématique de la classe Cirripède. Journal de Physique de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle, 85, 67– 69.
2. 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 .
3. "World Register of Marine Species, family Balanidae" . Retrieved 2021-08-23.

External links

• Data related to Balanidae at Wikispecies