Megabalanus venezuelensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Megabalanus venezuelensis (Weisbord, 1966: 17)

Original genus: Balanus
Original status: valid species
Geological age: Pliocene, Venezuela
Type locality: Playa Grande Formation, Catia Member, loc W-22, dip slope 100 m west of Costa fault
Types: holotype PRI O593a
ZooBank: 0534FD3F-38D7-4043-B869-875081D9348C

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. 69, as Megabalanus venezuelensis]

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. 276]

Weisbord, N.E. 1966: Some late Cenozoic cirripeds from Venezuela and Florida. Bulletins of American Paleontology 50(225): 5-146. BHL Reference page. [See p. 17, as Balanus (Megabalanus) venezuelensis]

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