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Checklist for Family Balanidae Leach, 1806
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
202
828
2717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Thecostraca
Gruvel, 1905
29
98
205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Cirripedia
Burmeister, 1834
Barnacles
26
93
197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Thoracica
Darwin, 1854
Barnacles
18
70
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Sessilia
Lamarck, 1818
Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles
10
43
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Balanomorpha
Pilsbry, 1916
Acorn barnacles
9
40
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Balanoidea
Leach, 1817
3
26
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBalanidae
Leach, 1806
9
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
9 Genera with 46 Species
Amphibalanus Pitombo, 19734SpeciesTaxom
Arossia Newman, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Austromegabalanus Newman, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Balanus Da Costa, 1854Barnacle31SpeciesTaxom
Chesaconcavus Zullo, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Concavus Newman, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Megabalanus Hoek, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Paraconcavus Zullo, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Perforatus Pitombo, 17891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
46 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854Purple acorn barnacle
Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854Bay barnacle
Amphibalanus subalbidus Henry, 1973
Arossia newmani Zullo, 1992
Austromegabalanus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791
Balanus albicostatus (Pilsbry, 1916)⇒ Fistulobalanus albicostatus Pilsbry, 1916
Balanus amaryllis (Darwin, 1854)⇒ Striatobalanus amaryllis Darwin, 1854
Balanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)⇒ Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Balanus balanoides (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854
Balanus balanus Linnaeus, 1758Common barnacle
Balanus bisulcatus Darwin, 1854
Balanus calceolus (Darwin, 1854)⇒ Conopea calceola Darwin, 1854
Balanus concavus ♰ Bronn, 1831
Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789Mountain ninebark
Balanus decorus Darwin, 1854
Balanus dolosus Darwin, 1854
Balanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)⇒ Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841
Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854Common Acorn Barnacle
Balanus halosydne Zullo, Katun..., 1992
Balanus hameri (Ascanius, 1767)⇒ Chirona hameri Ascanius, 1767
Balanus hammeri
Balanus imperator Darwin, 1854
Balanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)⇒ Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
Balanus inclusus Darwin, 1854
Balanus involusus
Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854Giant Acorn Barnacle
Balanus perforatus (Bruguière, 1789)⇒ Perforatus perforatus Bruguière, 1789
Balanus porcatus (Arnoldi, 1977)⇒ Balanus balanus Linnaeus, 1758
Balanus porosus
Balanus reticulatus (Utinomi, 1967)⇒ Amphibalanus reticulatus Utinomi, 1967
Balanus spongicola Brown, 1844
Balanus sulcatus
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854Three-cornered barnacle
Balanus unguiformis J de C. Sowerby, 1848
Balanus variegatus (Darwin, 1854)⇒ Amphibalanus variegatus Darwin, 1854
Chesaconcavus myosulcatus ♰ Zullo, 1992
Chesaconcavus proteus ♰ Conrad, 1834
Chesaconcavus rossi ♰ Zullo, 1992
Chesaconcavus santamaria ♰ Zullo, 1992
Concavus concavus Brown, 1831
Megabalanus coccopoma Darwin, 1854Titan acorn barnacle
Megabalanus dolfusii De Alessandri, 1907
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758Barnacle
Paraconcavus neusensis Zullo & Miller, 1986
Perforatus perforatus Bruguière, 1789

Subnodes of Balanidae with occurrences in British Isles
SubfamilyAmphibalaninae
Pitombo, 2004
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBalaninae
Leach, 1817
1
31
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMegabalaninae
Newman, 1979
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Balanidae at artfakta.se
Balanidae at dyntaxa.se
Balanidae at gbif.org
Balanidae at irmng.org
Balanidae at itis.gov
Balanidae at marinespecies.org