Megabalanus multiseptatus

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: †Megabalanus multiseptatus

Name

Megabalanus multiseptatus (Ross, 1964: 485)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Geological age: Miocene, Virginia
• Type locality: Rice's pit, west side of Harris Creek Road, 2.4 km west of Bloxoms Corner, Hampton, Virginia
• Types:
• ZooBank: 221A30DB-C306-4A1B-8BF6-FE62A0B66FD5

References

• 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. 68]
• 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. 276]
• Ross, A. 1964: Cirripedia from the Yorktown Formation (Miocene) of Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 38(3): 483-491. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 485, as Balanus multiseptatus]