Species list, Checklist of Order Sessilia (Acorn barnacles) for Flinders Island (Northeast Tasmania, Australia)

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Checklist for Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 (Acorn barnacles)
and region Flinders Island (Northeast Tasmania, Australia)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	13 16 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	9 10 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	9 10 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	9 10 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	5 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Flinders Island
5 Families width 7 Species

Archaeobalanidae (Newman & Ross, 1976)	1	Species	Taxom
Balanidae Leach, 1806	3	Species	Taxom
Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968	1	Species	Taxom
Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854	1	Species	Taxom
Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Flinders Island
6 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for Flinders Island
7 Species

Austrominius modestus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Elminius modestus Darwin, 1854
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Catomerus polymerus Darwin, 1854	Surf Barnacle
Chthamalus antennatus Darwin, 1854	Acorn Barnacle
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758	Barnacle
Tetraclitella purpurascens Wood, 1815	Purple Four-plated Barnacle

Subnodes of Sessilia with occurrences in Flinders Island

Suborder

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7

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Links, sources and further information

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