Amphibalanus hopkinsi

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Amphibalaninae
Genus: Amphibalanus
Species: †Amphibalanus hopkinsi

Name

Amphibalanus hopkinsi (Zullo, 1968: 4)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: latest Pliocene-earliest Pleistocene, Iceland
• Type locality: locality 475B, Bed A of Bardarson (1925), landslide block on south side of the mouth of Kaldakvisl, basal Tjornes sediments, 66° 86.3' N, 17° 17.5' W
• Types: Holotype USNM 161398; paratypes USNM 161399-161403
• ZooBank: 1AB99175-619F-421D-B28D-2ABEAAE36E81

References

• 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, as Balanus hopkinsi]
• 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 hopkinsi]
• Zullo, V.A. 1968: Balanus hopkinsi, new species and B. balanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from Plio-Pleistocene sediments on Tjornes, northern Iceland. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 69: 1-11. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 4, as Balanus hopkinsi]