Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite

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 amphitrite

Name

Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite (Darwin, 1854: 240)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid nominate subspecies, as Balanus amphitrite communis
• Type area: lectotype area, Natal, South Africa (by Harding, 1962: 274)
• Types: lectotype BMNH 1961.12.6.1a-c, by Harding, 1962: 274
• ZooBank: FF442D18-8583-45B4-B139-521DBD83455D

Synonymy

• Balanus amphitrite aeratus de Oliveira, 1941: 22

• Original status: valid species
• ZooBank: 1B245E58-1898-45E5-B9EE-D6DDE250CF1B

• Balanus amphitrite communis Darwin, 1854: 240

• Original status: valid subspecies (as var. 1)
• ZooBank: 3909E63A-4096-4243-A559-B40A20D8E8D1

• Balanus carenatus Gruvel, 1907: 6

• Original status: valid species
• ZooBank: E7CA56AA-DCDF-43B3-921A-5C6751EC784A

• Balanus amphitrite denticulata Broch, 1927: 133

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: 204E08E9-031C-4A56-B0BE-2FFCAD3AFCBA

• Balanus amphitrite fluminensis de Oliveira, 1941: 21

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: 2D948014-1F0B-4112-BE23-69AD476D8C63

• Balanus amphitrite franciscanus Rogers, 1949: 29

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: DD842478-B8DB-40A1-8CA1-365E41A33899

• Balanus amphitrite hawaiiensis Broch, 1922: 314

• Original status: valid subspecies (as Balanus (Eubalanus) amphitrite hawaiiensis)
• ZooBank: 87DFDC0E-871B-4DB2-82FB-B54E323CBF83

• Balanus amphitrite herzi Rogers, 1949: 28

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: BC40D6CB-8EB8-4AC0-A153-5E11E7CA4ED8

• Balanus amphitrite saltonensis Rogers, 1949: 25

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: F10760E1-3DC9-49C3-A57A-2DE76E6983A4

References

• 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. 240, as Balanus amphitrite communis] (Note 1: Darwin, when naming several varieties of one species, would name one as communis, which is to be taken as nominate subspecies) (Note 2: name communis pre-occupied for Balanus by B. communis (Pulteney, 1799), which is junior synonym for Perforatus perforatus)

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• Harding, J.P. 1962. Darwin's type specimens of varieties of Balanus amphitrite. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 9: 273–296. BHL. Reference page.  [See p. 274] (Full type numbering of paralectotypes, and dissections thereof. Subspecies is fully re-described)
• Henry, D.P. & McLaughlin, P.A. 1975. The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Zoologische verhandelingen (141). Abstract and full article. Reference page.  [See p. 30, for exhaustive synonymy, including mis-identifications]
• Menesini, E. & Casella, C. 1988. Balanidi Pliocenici della Provincia di Almeria (Andalusia Orientale - Spagna). Studio Sistematico. Atti della Società Toscana della Scienze naturali, Memorie, Serie A 95: 231–269. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 244, discussion, other subspecies, ecology]
• 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. 62]
• 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. 274]