Amphibalanus amphitrite merklini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Amphibalaninae
Genus: Amphibalanus
Species: Amphibalanus amphitrite
Subspecies: †Amphibalanus amphitrite merklini

Name

†Amphibalanus amphitrite merklini (Kolosvary, 1962: 199)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid subspecies
• Geological age: Miocene, USSR
• Type locality: Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan SSR
• Types: holotype, largest scutum, Institute for Systematic Zoology, University Szeged
• ZooBank: 63E3A074-9DFB-4E51-8AD2-207F28D4FCF7

References

• Kolosvary, G. 1962: New data to the balanida-fauna of the Burdigalien of Karakum. Acta biologica Szegediensis (new series) 8(1-4): 199–202. Reference page.  [See p. 199, as Balanus amphitrite merklini]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 63]
• Pitombo, F.B. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33(3): 261–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x Reference page.  [See p. 275, as Amphibalanus amphitrite merklini]