Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Austromegabalanini
Genus: Austromegabalanus
Species: Austromegabalanus cylindricus

Name

Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791: 3213)

• Original genus: Lepas
• Original status: valid species
• Type locality: Cape of Good Hope
• Types: None designated
• ZooBank: E7F4AF8F-AEEE-47ED-AB1A-B5CF02ED0F87

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. 209, as Balanus capensis]

• Gmelin J.F., 1791. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. Lipsiae. 13(6): 3021–3910. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 3213, as Lepas cylindrica, also mentioning Balanus capensis and Balanus maxillaris] (NOTE: Date of publication listed in most references is 1780, but actual text is listed as 1791)

• Holthuis, L. B.; Sivertsen, E. 1967: The Crustacea Decapoda, Mysidacea and Cirripedia of the Tristan de Cunha Archipelago. Results of the Norwegian scientific expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938 52: 1–55. Reference page.  [See p. 44, for synonymy]

• 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 cylindricus]

• 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 jun. syn. of Balanus (Megabalanus) maxillanus]

• 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. 275, as Austromegabalanus cylindricus]