| Chirona | |
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| Chirona hameri, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Balanidae |
| Subfamily: | Archaeobalaninae |
| Genus: | Chirona Gray, 1835 |
Chirona is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about six described species in Chirona. [1] [2] [3]
These species belong to the genus Chirona:
Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
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.
Ceratostoma, common name the "hornmouth" snails, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Siphonalia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Siphonaliinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Pollicipes is a genus of goose barnacles, first described by William Elford Leach in 1817. It comprises four species of marine suspension-feeders.
The Catophragmidae are a family of barnacles in the superfamily Chthamaloidea with eight shell wall plates, surrounded by several whorls of imbricating plates. The basis is membranous.
Pollicipedomorpha is an order of pedunculated barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are 3 families and more than 30 described species in Pollicipedomorpha.
Octomeris is a genus of star barnacles in the family Chthamalidae. There are at least three described species in Octomeris.
Verruca is a genus of asymmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Verrucidae. There are about 20 described species in Verruca, around half of them extinct.
Perforatus is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There is one described species in Perforatus, P. perforatus.
Notomegabalanus is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about 12 described species in Notomegabalanus.
Notobalanus is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are at least two described species in Notobalanus.
Chionelasmus is a genus of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Chionelasmatidae. There are at least two described species in Chionelasmus.
Eochionelasmus is a genus of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Chionelasmatidae. There are at least two described species in Eochionelasmus.
Pachylasma is a genus of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Pachylasmatidae. There are about eight described species in Pachylasma.
Probathylepas is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Probathylepadidae, the sole genus of the family. There is one described species in Probathylepas, P. faxian.
Parthenopea is a genus of parasitic barnacles in the family Parthenopeidae, the sole genus of the family. There are at least three described species in Parthenopea.
Pirusaccus is a genus of parasitic barnacles in the family Pirusaccidae, the sole genus of the family. There is one described species in Pirusaccus, P. socialis.
Triangulus is a genus of parasitic barnacles in the family Triangulidae, the sole genus of the family. There are at least four described species in Triangulus.
Waikalasma is a genus of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Waikalasmatidae, the sole genus of the family. There are at least three described species in Waikalasma.
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