Megabalanus

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: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Megabalanini
Genus: Megabalanus
Species (25 + 11†): M. ajax – M. azoricus – M. californicus – M. clippertonensis – M. coccopoma – M. costatus – M. crispatus – M. dorbignii – M. galapaganus – M. linzei – M. occator – M. peninsularis – M. plicatus – M. rosa – M. spinosus – M. stultus – M. tanagrae – M. tintinnabulum – M. tulipiformis – M. validus – M. vesiculosus – M. vinaceus – M. volcano – M. xishaensis – M. zebra – †M. dollfusii – †M. giganteum – †M. honti – †M. hungaricus – †M. javanicus – †M. leganyii – †M. multiseptatus – †M. seguenzai – †M. transsylvanicus – †M. transversostriatus – †M. venezuelensis

Check (1): M. concinnus
(transferred to Notomegabalanus by Zullo; Guruswami-Naidu, 1982: 534)

Note: corrected spelling of M. dollfusii – from Pitombo, 2004, repeated in WoRMS

[Source: WoRMS]

Name

Megabalanus Hoek, 1913: 158

Original status: valid subgenus
Type species: Lepas tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758
- Fixation: original designation (and monotypy)
ZooBank: 3159CAFC-40A8-470D-8B46-441D805D018E

References

Hoek, P.P.C. 1913: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition. B. Siboga Expeditie Monogr. XXXIb, i-xxv: 129–275. BHL Reference page. [See p. 158, as Section Mega-Balanus]
Newman, W.A. 1979: On the biogeography of balanomorph barnacles of the Southern Ocean including new balanid taxa: A subfamily two genera and three species. IN Proceedings of the International Symposium of Marine Biogeography and Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research information series 137 1: 279–306. Reference page.
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. 67, as Megabalanus]
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. [1], as Balanus (Megabalanus)]
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. 275]
Zullo, V.A. & Guruswami-Naidu, R.B. 1982. Late Miocene balanid Cirripedia from the basal Wilson Ranch Beds ("Merced" Formation) Sonoma County, northern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42: 525-535. BHL Reference page. [See p. 534]