Chthamalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthamaloidea
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: Chthamaloidea

Familia: Chthamalidae
Subfamilia: Chthamalinae
Genus: Chthamalus
Species (24 + 4†): C. angustitergum – C. anisopoma – C. antennatus – C. barilani – C. barnesi – C. bisinuatus – C. challengeri – C. cirratus – C. dalli – C. dentatus – C. fissus – C. fragilis – C. hedgecocki – C. malayensis – C. montagui – C. moro – C. newmani – C. panamensis – C. proteus – C. sinensis – C. southwardi – C. southwardorum – C. stellatus – C. williamsi – †C. grazianii – †C. ligusticus – †C. nasus – †C. robustus

[Source: WoRMS]

Invalid and doubtful species (3†): †C. antiquus – [regarded as Chirona varians by Carriol, 2008: 33]; †C. darwini – [conspecific with Recent Chthamalus stellatus (Jagt; Carriol, 2008)]; †C. revilei
[regarded as Balanus by Carriol, 2008: 33]

Name

Chthamalus Ranzani, 1817: 276.
- Original status: valid genus
- Type species: Lepas stellatus Poli, 1791: 29, by subsequent designation (Ranzani, 1818)
- ZooBank: D73B8CF6-9EBA-4B90-85CD-73F7D0C2E017

References

Ranzani, A.C. 1817: Osservazioni su i Balanidi Parte II. Opuscoli Scientifici, Bologna 1: 269-276. [In Italian] Google Books Reference page. [See p. 276, named and described without assigned species]

Carriol, R.-P. 2008: New genus and new species of Cirripedia (Chthamalidae, Tetraclitidae, Archaeobalanidae and Balanidae) from the Middle Miocene of the faluns of Touraine (France). Zootaxa 1675: 31–48. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page. [See p. 45, mention in Chthamalidae]
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. 447] (gives Ranzani, 1820, in error)
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. 41]
Pitombo, F.B. & Burton, R. 2007. Systematics and biogeography of tropical eastern Pacific Chthamalus with descriptions of two new species (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Zootaxa 1574: 1–30. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Poltarukha, O.P. 2006: Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. ISBN 5-87317-278-1. [In Russian] Reference page. [See p. 123] [identification key to species]
Ranzani, A. C. 1817: Osservazione su i Balanidae, Part I. Opuscoli Scientifici, Bologna; 1: 195-202. Google Books Reference page.
Ranzani, A. C. 1818: Osservazioni su i Balanidae Parte III. Opusculi Scientifici, Bologna. 2: 63-93. [In Italian] Google Books Reference page. [See p. 84, for assigned species]
Ranzani, A.C. 1820: Osservationi su i Balanidi. IN Ranzani, Memoire di Storia Naturale, deca prima: 13-57. Google Books Reference page. [Given as original description by Darwin and others, but is really compilation of previous three references]