Taxonavigation

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

Name

Megabalanus dorbignii (Chenu, 1843)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid subspecies
• Type locality: unknown
• Types: lectotype designated as specimen figured by Chenu, 1843, on Pl. 6, fig. 10, by Henry & McLaughlin, 1986: 31
• ZooBank: 34628706-932C-4F5E-8772-093A78BA6E9C

References

• Chenu, J.C. 1843: Illustrations Conchyliologigues, ou descriptions et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classes suivant le systeme de Lamarck modifie d'apres les progres de la science; publiees par monographies et en livraisons cosmopos. de 5 pll. col. Paris. Reference page. 

• 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 var. (11) d'Orbignii]

• 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. 31]

• 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. 68, as Megabalanus dorbignii]

• 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. 71, as Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum dorbignii]

• 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]