Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Austromegabalanini
Genus: Notomegabalanus
Species: Notomegabalanus decorus
Subspecies (1+2†): N. d. decorus – †N. d. argyllensis – †N. d. ronarchensis
[Source: Pitombo, 2004: 276]

Name

Notomegabalanus decorus (Darwin, 1854: 212)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Type locality: New Zealand
• Types, BMNH, not numbered
• ZooBank: 3B1F0831-11EC-482D-B2DD-27A8B5B0A51A

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. 212, as Balanus decorus]

• Newman, W.A. 1979: On the biogeography of balanomorph barnacles of the Southern Ocean including new balanid taxa: A subfamily two genera and three species. IN Proceedings of the International Symposium of Marine Biogeography and Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research information series 137 1: 279–306. Reference page.  [as Notomegabalanus decorus]

• 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. 67, as Megabalanus decorus]

• 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. 77, as Balanus (Megabalanus) decorus]

• 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. 276]