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(Redirected from Archaeobalanidae) Family of barnacles

Balanidae
Balanus glandula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Superorder: Thoracicalcarea
(unranked): Sessilia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Balanoidea
Family: Balanidae
Leach, 1817

The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Balanomorpha. As a result of research published in 2021 by Chan et al., the members of the family Archaeobalanidae were merged with this family.

Genera

These genera belong to the family Balanidae:

References

  1. Leach, W. E. (1817). Distribution systématique de la classe Cirripède. Journal de Physique de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle, 85, 67– 69.
  2. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
  3. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Balanidae". Retrieved 2021-08-23.

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Taxon identifiers
Balanidae
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