Concavus

Concavus

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Concavinae
Genus: †Concavus
Species (2): †C. concavus – †C. crassostricola

[Source: WoRMS]

Name

Concavus Newman, 1982: 28

• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Balanus concavus Bronn, 1831: 127
  • Fixation: original designation
• ZooBank

References

• Newman, W.A. 1982: A review of the extant taxa of the "Group of Balanus concavus" (Cirripedia, Thoracica) and a proposal for genus-group ranks. Crustaceana 43: 25–36. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 28]
• Zullo, V.A. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. Paleontological Society Memoir 27: 1–46. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 5]