Taxonavigation

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

Name

Megabalanus galapaganus (Pilsbry, 1916: 70)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid subspecies
• Type locality: Hood Island, Galapagos
• Types: holotype USNM 48003
• ZooBank: 8BAAF238-849F-4C97-B672-CF99D6E871C4

References

• 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. 36] (considered to be synonym of M. peninsularis)

• 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 Megablanus galapaganus]

• 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. 70, as Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum galapaganus]

• 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]