Taxonavigation

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

Name

Megabalanus crispatus (Schroter, 1786: 534) sensu Darwin, 1854: 195

• Original genus: Lepas
• Original status: valid subspecies
• Type locality: unknown
• Types: Lectotype; specimen figured by Schroder, 1786 in Plate 9, fig. 21

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. 195, as Balanus tintinnabulum var. (5) crispatus]

• Henry, D.P.; McLaughlin, P.A. 1986: The Recent species of Megabalanus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) with special emphasis on Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus) sensu lato. Zoologische verhandelingen 235(8): 1–69. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 28]

• 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 crispatus]

• 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. 60, as synonym of Balanus tintinnabulum occator or Balanus tintinnabulum volcano]

• 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]

• Schroter 1786: Einleitung in die Conchylienkenntales nach Linne. 3: 534. Reference page.  [See p. 534, as Lepas crispata]