Species list, Checklist of Order Sessilia (Acorn barnacles) for US Virgin Islands (Caribbean islands)

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Checklist for Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 (Acorn barnacles)
and region US Virgin Islands (Caribbean islands)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	31 39 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	8 9 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	8 9 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	7 8 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	5 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for US Virgin Islands
5 Families width 7 Species

Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		1	Species	Taxom
Balanidae (Leach, 1806)		2	Species	Taxom
Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916	Turtle barnacle	1	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825	Coral barnacle	1	Species	Taxom
Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for US Virgin Islands
5 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for US Virgin Islands
7 Species

Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854	Sponge barnacle
Balanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)	⇒ Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841
Balanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
Chelonibia testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758	Turtle Barnacle
Megatrema madreporarum Bosc, 1812
Tetraclita squamosa Bruguière, 1789
Tetraclita stalactifera Lamarck, 1818	Ribbed Barnacle

Subnodes of Sessilia with occurrences in US Virgin Islands

Suborder

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7

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Species

Links, sources and further information

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