Species list, Checklist of Order Sessilia (Acorn barnacles) for Egypt (Near East)

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Checklist for Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 (Acorn barnacles)
and region Egypt (Near East)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	82 179 318	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	13 21 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	13 21 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	11 18 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	6 11 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Egypt
6 Families width 17 Species and 3 Subspecies

Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		1	Species	Taxom
Balanidae Leach, 1806		8	Species	Taxom
Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916	Turtle barnacle	2	Species	Taxom
Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854		2	Species	Taxom
Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903		3	Species	Taxom
Verrucidae Darwin, 1854		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Egypt
11 Genera with 17 Species

Species list for Egypt
17 Species and 3 Subspecies

Acasta spongites Poli, 1791
Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854	Purple acorn barnacle
Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854	Bay barnacle
Balanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Balanus amphitrite amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Balanus amphitrite denticulata
Balanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
Balanus perforatus (Bruguière, 1789)	⇒ Perforatus perforatus Bruguière, 1789
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Cheloniba patulla Ranzani, 1818
Chelonibia patula Ranzani, 1818
Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791	Poli's Stellate Barnacle
Concavus concavus Brown, 1831
Megabalanus tulipiformis Darwin, 1854
Tetrachthamalus oblitteratus Newman, 1967
Tetraclita porosa Gmelin, 1790
Tetraclita rufotincta Pilsbry, 1916
Tetraclita squamosa Bruguière, 1789
Verruca spengleri Darwin, 1854

Subnodes of Sessilia with occurrences in Egypt

Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	5 10 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Wart barnacles	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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