Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Bass Strait (Tasman Sea)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Bass Strait (Tasman Sea)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	27 40 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	11 20 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	11 20 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	10 19 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	6 12 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	6 12 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Bass Strait
2 Families width 6 Species

Balanidae Leach, 1806		4	Species	Taxom
Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Bass Strait
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Bass Strait
6 Species

Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854	Purple acorn barnacle
Austrominius modestus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Elminius modestus Darwin, 1854
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758	Barnacle
Solidobalanus auricoma Hoek, 1913

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Bass Strait

Family	Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	3 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org