Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: Balanus balanus

Name

Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758: 667)

• Original genus: Lepas
• Original status: valid species
• Type locality: Europe, littoral
• Types: none given by Linnaeus
• ZooBank: 3F04538B-558A-479A-A9CC-79118A9CC5C2

Synonyms

• Balanus balanus artica Broch, 1936: 3
• Balanus balanus pugetensis Pilsbry, 1916: 163
  • Original status: valid subspecies
  • ZooBank: 7782337F-B52D-412A-9693-61612ADB8F2B
• Balanus porcatus Da Costa, 1778: 249
  • Original status: valid species
  • ZooBank: 33072FA0-FE2D-42AD-8D7F-88DD2FFFE6FF

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. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 667. Reference page.  [See p. 667, as Lepas balanus]
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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.