Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Amphibalaninae
Genus: Amphibalanus
Species: Amphibalanus amphitrite
Subspecies: Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite

Name

Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite (Darwin, 1854: 240)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid nominate subspecies, as Balanus amphitrite communis
• Type area: lectotype area, Natal, South Africa (by Harding, 1962: 274)
• Types: lectotype BMNH 1961.12.6.1a-c, by Harding, 1962: 274
• ZooBank: FF442D18-8583-45B4-B139-521DBD83455D

References

• 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. 240, as Balanus amphitrite communis] (Note 1: Darwin, when naming several varieties of one species, would name one as communis, which is to be taken as nominate subspecies) (Note 2: name communis pre-occupied for Balanus by B. communis (Pulteney, 1799), which is junior synonym for Perforatus perforatus)

• Harding, J .P. 1962: Darwin's type specimens of varieties of Balanus amphitrite. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology 9: 273–296. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 274] (Full type numbering of paralectotypes, and dissections thereof. Subspecies is fully re-described)

• Henry, D.P. & McLaughlin, P.A. 1975. The barnacles of the Balanus amphitrite complex (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Zoologische verhandelingen (141). Abstract and full article. Reference page.  [See p. 30, for exhaustive synonymy, including mis-identifications]

• 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. 62]

• 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. 274]