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List of taxa described by Charles Darwin

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A plate from Charles Darwin's Monograph on the Cirripedia, 1854, engraved by George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr.
The bay barnacle, Balanus improvisus, described by Charles Darwin, on a shell of the sand gaper clam Mya arenaria

This is a list of taxa described by Charles Darwin. Many of them are barnacles from his study of that group.

References

  1. "Species described by Charles Darwin". EOL. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. "Darwin's Study of the Cirripedia". Darwin Online. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. Darwin, C. R. 1851 . Living Cirripedia, A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. London: The Ray Society. Volume 1.
  4. Darwin, C. R. 1854. Living Cirripedia, The Balanidæ, (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ. London: The Ray Society. Volume 2.
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