Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Greenland (North America)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Greenland (North America)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	72 140 241	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	11 16 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	10 15 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	8 13 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	4 5 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	4 5 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	2 3 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Greenland
2 Families width 9 Species

Balanidae (Leach, 1806)		8	Species	Taxom
Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Greenland
3 Genera with 9 Species

Species list for Greenland
9 Species

Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854	Purple acorn barnacle
Balanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Balanus balanoides (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854
Balanus balanus Linnaeus, 1758	Common barnacle
Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789	Mountain ninebark
Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854	Common Acorn Barnacle
Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854	Giant Acorn Barnacle
Balanus porcatus (Arnoldi, 1977)	⇒ Balanus balanus Linnaeus, 1758
Semibalanus balanoides Linnaeus, 1767	Acorn barnacle

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Greenland

Family	Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	2 8	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org