Species list, Checklist of Family Balanidae for Seychelles (Indian Ocean 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 Family Balanidae Leach, 1806
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	50 91 124	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	11 22 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	11 22 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	11 22 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	7 15 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	7 15 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	3 8 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	3 7	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Seychelles
3 Genera with 7 Species

Amphibalanus Pitombo, 1854		3	Species	Taxom
Balanus Da Costa, 1854	Barnacle	2	Species	Taxom
Megabalanus Hoek, 1758		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Seychelles
7 Species

Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854	Purple acorn barnacle
Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841	Ivory Barnacle
Amphibalanus venustus Darwin, 1854
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Megabalanus ajax Darwin, 1854
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758	Barnacle

Subnodes of Balanidae with occurrences in Seychelles

Subfamily	Amphibalaninae Pitombo, 2004	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Balaninae Leach, 1817	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Megabalaninae Newman, 1979	1 2	Genus 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