Balanus pictus

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
Incertae sedis †Species: Balanus pictus

Name

Balanus pictus Munster, 1840: 29

• Considered by Darwin, 1854 to be possible synonym of Amphibalanus amphitrite. Munster's description lacked opercular plates, or structural details, and thus cannot be recognized with certainty.

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. 493]
• Munster, G. 1840: Uber die Balenen in den jungeren tertairen Meerwasser-Gebilden Deutschlands. Beitrage zur Petrefakten-Kunde 3: 27–32. Reference page.