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Checklist for Family Balanidae Leach, 1806
and region Tonga (Polynesia)


Class
 		Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods		46
68
89		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Thecostraca
Gruvel, 1905
15
19
18		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Cirripedia
Burmeister, 1834
Barnacles		14
18
18		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Thoracica
Darwin, 1854
Barnacles		12
15
15		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Sessilia
Lamarck, 1818
Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles		8
9
10		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Balanomorpha
Pilsbry, 1916
Acorn barnacles		7
8
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Balanoidea
Leach, 1817
3
4
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyBalanidae
Leach, 1806
2
3		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tonga
2 Genera with 3 Species
Balanus Da Costa, 1758Barnacle1SpeciesTaxom
Megabalanus Hoek, 17582SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tonga
3 Species
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Megabalanus ajax Darwin, 1854
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758Barnacle

Subnodes of Balanidae with occurrences in Tonga
SubfamilyBalaninae
Leach, 1817
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMegabalaninae
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