Balanus leonensis

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: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: †Balanus leonensis

Name

Balanus leonensis Weisbord, 1966; 43

• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: Pliocene, Florida
• Type locality: Choctawhatchee Formation, Ecphora Zone, Jackson Bluff, Florida
• Types: Holotype PRI JBC3a; paratypes PRI JBC3b-h
• ZooBank: 4CD4F4FB-842E-4272-B641-D70D59ECDCFA

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. 65]
• 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]
• Weisbord, N.E. 1966: Some late Cenozoic cirripeds from Venezuela and Florida. Bulletins of American Paleontology 50(225): 5-146. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 43]