Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Atlantic Europe (Europe)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Atlantic Europe (Europe)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	6 8 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Atlantic Europe
2 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Balanidae Leach, 1806		5	Species	Taxom
Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Atlantic Europe
3 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Atlantic Europe
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Balanus albicostatus (Pilsbry, 1916)	⇒ Fistulobalanus albicostatus Pilsbry, 1916
Balanus amphitrite amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus amphitrite amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Balanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)	⇒ Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841
Balanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758	Barnacle
Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) fallax Broch, 1927

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Atlantic Europe

Family	Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org