Austrobalanus

TaxonavigationEdit

Taxonavigation: Tetraclitoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Tetraclitoidea

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Austrobalaninae
Genus: Austrobalanus
Species (1 + 2†): A. imperator – †A. antarcticus – †A. macdonaldensis

[Source: WoRMS, with spelling correction from anatarcticus]

Austrobalanus Pilsbry, 1916: 218
- Geological range: late Eocene to Recent
- Original status: valid subgenus of Balanus
- Type species: Balanus imperator Darwin, 1854: 288, by original designation
- ZooBank: E131AAF1-B62B-4DF6-959B-55046FF28E47

Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page. [See p. 218, as Balanus (Austrobalanus)]

Buckeridge, J.S. 1983: Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey paleontological bulletin, (50) Reference page. [See p.
Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page. [See p. 288]
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. 46]