Amphibalanus improvisus

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 improvisus

Name

Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854: 250)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Type locality: England
• Types: BMNH
• ZooBank: 21D0EB7F-D6D4-4B7B-AC16-FA0EE1C43F44

Synonymy

• Balanus improvisus assimilis Darwin, 1854: 250

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: 42112803-CDC0-4E5D-B96A-5407907F5343

• Balanus improvisus gryphicus Munter, 1869

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. 250, as Balanus improvisus, and Balanus improvisus assimilis]

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• 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. 69]
• 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. 246, redescription, discussion]
• 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]
• 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. 84]
• 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]