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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Balanoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Amphibalaninae
Genus: Amphibalanus
Species: Amphibalanus venustus
Name
Amphibalanus venustus (Darwin, 1854: 240)
- Original genus: Balanus
- Original status: valid subspecies
- Type locality: Natal, South Africa (subsequent designation by Harding, 1962)
- Types: Lectotype BMNH 1961.12.2.24a-c, (subsequent designation by Harding, 1962)
- ZooBank: 94E0BBAF-7814-45E4-9339-16BDA29C43BD
Synonyms
Balanus amphitrite modestus Darwin, 1854: 240 (re-described as Balanus venustus modestus in Harding, 1962: 387)
- Original status: valid subspecies
- Type locality: Probably West Indies or American Gulf Coast, Florida to Texas (Harding, 1962)
- Types: lectotype BMNH 1961.12.6.69a-e (subsequent designation by Harding, 1962)
- ZooBank: C5428337-53D7-4474-BF11-69CD71634378
Balanus amphitrite niveus Darwin, 1854: 240 (re-described as Balanus venustus niveus in Harding, 1962: 386)
- Original status: valid subspecies
- Type locality: Madagascar (subsequent designation by Harding, 1962)
- Types: lectotype BMNH 1961.12.6.61a-c (subsequent designation by Harding, 1962)
- ZooBank: 70999565-9FBA-41B2-8B9F-6BAEFCB5E865
Balanus amphitrite obscurus Darwin, 1854: 241 (re-described as Balanus venustus obscurus in Harding, 1962: 389)
- Original status: valid subspecies
- Type locality: Jamaica (subsequent designation by Harding, 1962)
- Types: lectotype BMNH 1961.12.6.75a-c (subsequent designation by Harding, 1962)
- ZooBank: 8B689C2B-F49F-443F-ABE6-762170CA20F9
Balanus armatus Müller, 1867: 329 (citation here is for hybrid with Balanus improvisus assimilis only: also see Balanus trigonus)
- Original status: valid species
- ZooBank: A07D911F-59C1-4891-A25B-8FF0226D11D6
Balanus tintinnabulum maroccana Broch, 1927: 21
- Original status: valid subspecies
- ZooBank: D9CB42BE-0889-41F8-B666-E855FAAD35CD
References
Primary 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 venustus]
- 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. 283, as Balanus venustus venustus] (lectotype designation and full re-description)
Additional references
- 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. 162, as Balanus venustus] (see for full taxonomic synonymy including mis-identified citations)
- 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. 65, as Balanus venustus venustus] (other subspecies as in Harding, 1962; see for full biological synonymy)
- 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. 374, as Amphibalanus venustus]