Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Amphibalaninae
Genus: Amphibalanus
Species: Amphibalanus improvisus

Name

Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854: 250)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Type locality: England
• Types: BMNH
• ZooBank: 21D0EB7F-D6D4-4B7B-AC16-FA0EE1C43F44

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. 250, as Balanus improvisus, and Balanus improvisus assimilis]

• 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. 69]

• 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. 63]

• 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. 84]

• 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]