Balanus pictus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Balaninae
Incertae sedis †Species: Balanus pictus

Balanus pictus Munster, 1840: 29

Considered by Darwin, 1854 to be possible synonym of Amphibalanus amphitrite. Munster's description lacked opercular plates, or structural details, and thus cannot be recognized with certainty.

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. 493]

Munster, G. 1840: Uber die Balenen in den jungeren tertairen Meerwasser-Gebilden Deutschlands. Beitrage zur Petrefakten-Kunde 3: 27–32. Reference page.

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