Megabalanus spinosus

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

Megabalanus spinosus (Gmelin, 1791: 3213)

Original genus: Lepas
Original status: valid species
Type locality: unknown
Types: lectotype, specimen figured in Chemnitz, 1785, pl. 98, fig. 840, designated by Henry & McLaughlin, 1986
ZooBank: C77E2ECB-7E92-4766-98D7-243A1E2A6324

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 var. (6) spinosus]
Gmelin J.F., 1791. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. Lipsiae. 13(6): 3021–3910. BHL Reference page. [See p. 3213, as Lepas spinosus]
Henry, D.P. & McLaughlin, P.A. 1986. The Recent species of Megabalanus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) with special emphasis on Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus) sensu lato. Zoologische verhandelingen 235(8): 1–69. PDF. Reference page. [See p. 39, lectotype designation]
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, as Megabalanus spinosus]
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. 58, as Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum spinosus]