Balanus similis

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
Balaninae incertae sedis
Species: Balanus similis

Balanus similis Weltner, 1922: 83

Figure suggests 8-plated wall, description states porous shell; cannot be placed in genus at present
Original status: valid species
Type locality: off South Africa, 638 m
Types:
ZooBank: B8A36AE0-0A07-40E3-92D4-A01A6B0C4F1D

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. 70]

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]

Weltner, W. 1922. Cirripedia der deutschen Tiefsee-expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1895-1899, 23(2): 59–112. Reference page. [See p. 83]

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