Megabalanus coccopoma

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Taxonavigation: Balanoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Megabalanini
Genus: Megabalanus
Species: Megabalanus coccopoma
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Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854: 196)
- Original genus: Balanus
- Original status: valid subspecies
- Serious invasive species in warm waters, now cosmopolitan
- Type locality: Panama
- Types: lectotype BMNH, designated in Henry & McLaughlin, 1986: 25, fig. 3h
- ZooBank: F271145A-0D57-4811-827E-C55537D9412C
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- 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. 196, as Balanus tintinnabulum coccopoma]
- 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 coccopoma]
- Perreault, R.T. 2004. An exotic tropical barnacle, Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854), in Louisiana, its probable arrival and environmental implications. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 66: 13–16. Full article (PDF). Reference page. (as invasive species)
- 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. 68, as Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum coccopoma]
- 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]
Additional references edit
- Cohen, O.R., Walters, L.J. & Hoffman, E.A. 2014. Clash of the titans: A multi-species invasion with high gene flow in the globally invasive titan acorn barnacle. Biological Invasions, 16(8): 1743–1756. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0624-7 Reference page.