Species list, Checklist of Order Sessilia (Acorn barnacles) for Colombia (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 (Acorn barnacles)
and region Colombia (Northern South America)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	58 111 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	14 27 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	13 25 38	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	12 24 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	6 11 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Colombia
6 Families width 23 Species

Balanidae Leach, 1806		13	Species	Taxom
Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916	Turtle barnacle	1	Species	Taxom
Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854		4	Species	Taxom
Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		2	Species	Taxom
Verrucidae Darwin, 1854		1	Species	Taxom
Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Colombia
11 Genera with 23 Species

Species list for Colombia
23 Species

Amphibalanus (Balanus) reticulatus Utinomi, 1967	Reticulated barnacle
Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841	Ivory Barnacle
Balanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916	Mountain ninebark
Balanus concavus ♰ Bronn, 1831
Balanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)	⇒ Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841
Balanus spongicola Brown, 1844
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Chelonibia testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758	Turtle Barnacle
Chthamalus montagui Southward, 1976	Montagu's Stellate Barnacle
Chthamalus panamensis Pilsbry, 1916
Chthamalus proteus Dando & Sout..., 1980	Caribbean barnacle
Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791	Poli's Stellate Barnacle
Concavus concavus Brown, 1831
Concavus crassostricola Zullo, 1984
Conopea galeata Linnaeus, 1771	Gorgonian barnacle
Megabalanus peninsularis Pilsbry, 1916	Giant barnacle
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758	Barnacle
Megabalanus vinaceus Darwin, 1854
Neoacasta scuticosta Weltner, 1887
Tetraclita squamosa Bruguière, 1789
Tetraclita stalactifera Lamarck, 1818	Ribbed Barnacle
Verruca withersi Schram & Newman, 1980

Subnodes of Sessilia with occurrences in Colombia

Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	5 9 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Wart barnacles	1 2 1	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Sessilia at gbif.org
Sessilia at irmng.org
Sessilia at itis.gov
Sessilia at marinespecies.org