Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Megabalanini
Genus: Megabalanus
Species: Megabalanus coccopoma

Name

Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854: 196)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid subspecies
• Serious invasive species in warm waters, now cosmopolitan
• Type locality: Panama
• Types: lectotype BMNH , designated in Henry & McLaughlin, 1986: 25, fig. 3h
• ZooBank: F271145A-0D57-4811-827E-C55537D9412C

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. 196, as Balanus tintinnabulum coccopoma]

• 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 coccopoma]

• Perreault, R.T. 2004. An exotic tropical barnacle, Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854), in Louisiana, its probable arrival and environmental implications. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 66: 13–16. Full article (PDF). Reference page.  (as invasive species)

• 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. 68, as Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum coccopoma]

• 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]