Notomegabalanus algicola

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: Austromegabalanini
Genus: Notomegabalanus
Species: Notomegabalanus algicola

Name

Notomegabalanus algicola (Pilsbry, 1916: 72)

• Original status: valid species
• Type locality: Cape Town, South Africa
• Types: Holotype USNM 15063
• ZooBank: BCDE0C97-5AB4-42FD-AE70-2381A2A153FE

Synonymy

• Balanus algicola japonica Kolosvary, 1941: 43

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: 9E56314C-A0F2-4250-95F0-AC8E90BB3F91

• Balanus algicola novarae Kolosvary, 1947: 424

• Original status: valid subspecies
• ZooBank: 7BE9ED8E-8C6B-498D-A1CD-5F84AADF6F18

References

• 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 algicola]
• 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. 72, as Balanus (Megabalanus) algicola]
• 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, as Notomegabalanus algicola]