Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Limon (Costa Rica)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Limon (Costa Rica)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	9 13 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	4 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	4 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	3 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	3 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	3 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	3 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Limon
3 Families width 6 Species

Balanidae Leach, 1806		3	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825	Coral barnacle	2	Species	Taxom
Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Limon
6 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Limon
6 Species

Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854	Bay barnacle
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Ceratoconcha paucicostata Young, 1989
Conopea galeata Linnaeus, 1771	Gorgonian barnacle
Megabalanus stultus Darwin, 1854
Megatrema madreporarum Bosc, 1812

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Limon

Family	Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825 coral barnacle, Coral barnacles	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org