Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Balanoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Megabalanini
Genus: Megabalanus
Species (26 + 11†):
M. ajax –
M. antillensis –
M. azoricus –
M. californicus –
M. clippertonensis –
M. coccopoma –
M. costatus –
M. crispatus –
M. dorbignii –
M. galapaganus –
M. linzei –
M. occator –
M. peninsularis –
M. plicatus –
M. rosa –
M. spinosus –
M. stultus –
M. tanagrae –
M. tintinnabulum –
M. tulipiformis –
M. validus –
M. vesiculosus –
M. vinaceus –
M. volcano –
M. xishaensis –
M. zebra –
†M. dollfusii –
†M. giganteum –
†M. honti –
†M. hungaricus –
†M. javanicus –
†M. leganyii –
†M. multiseptatus –
†M. seguenzai –
†M. transsylvanicus –
†M. transversostriatus –
†M. venezuelensis
Check (1): M. concinnus
(transferred to Notomegabalanus by Zullo; Guruswami-Naidu, 1982: 534)
- Note: corrected spelling of M. dollfusii – from Pitombo, 2004, repeated in WoRMS
[Source: WoRMS]
Name
Megabalanus Hoek, 1913: 158
- Original status: valid subgenus
- Type species: Lepas tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758
- Fixation: original designation (and monotypy)
- ZooBank: 3159CAFC-40A8-470D-8B46-441D805D018E
References
- Hoek, P.P.C. 1913: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition. B. Siboga Expeditie Monogr. XXXIb, i-xxv: 129–275. BHLReference page. [See p. 158, as Section Mega-Balanus]
- 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.
- 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]
- 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. , as Balanus (Megabalanus)]
- 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]
- Zullo, V.A. & Guruswami-Naidu, R.B. 1982. Late Miocene balanid Cirripedia from the basal Wilson Ranch Beds ("Merced" Formation) Sonoma County, northern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42: 525-535. BHL Reference page. [See p. 534]