Species list, Checklist of Order Sessilia (Acorn barnacles) for Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 (Acorn barnacles)
and region Virgin Islands (Leeward Islands)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	24 31 37	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	9 11 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	8 10 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	7 9 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	5 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Virgin Islands
5 Families width 7 Species

Balanidae Leach, 1806		1	Species	Taxom
Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916	Turtle barnacle	1	Species	Taxom
Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854		1	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825	Coral barnacle	1	Species	Taxom
Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903		3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Virgin Islands
6 Genera with 7 Species

Balanus Da Costa, 1854	Barnacle	1	Species	Taxom
Chelonibia Leach, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Chthamalus Ranzani, 1854		1	Species	Taxom
Megatrema Sowerby, 1812		1	Species	Taxom
Newmanella Ross, 1789		1	Species	Taxom
Tetraclita Schumacher, 1818		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Virgin Islands
7 Species

Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Chelonibia testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758	Turtle Barnacle
Chthamalus fragilis Darwin, 1854
Megatrema madreporarum Bosc, 1812
Newmanella radiata Bruguière, 1789
Tetraclita squamosa Bruguière, 1789
Tetraclita stalactifera Lamarck, 1818	Ribbed Barnacle

Subnodes of Sessilia with occurrences in Virgin Islands

Suborder

Balanomorpha
Pilsbry, 1916
Acorn barnacles

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6
7

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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