Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Nueces County (Texas, USA)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Nueces County (Texas, USA)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	30 45 66	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	6 8 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	6 8 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	6 8 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	4 6 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	4 6 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	2 4 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Nueces County
2 Families width 8 Species

Balanidae Leach, 1806		7	Species	Taxom
Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Nueces County
4 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Nueces County
8 Species

Amphibalanus (Balanus) reticulatus Utinomi, 1967	Reticulated barnacle
Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854	Purple acorn barnacle
Balanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)	⇒ Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841
Balanus reticulatus (Utinomi, 1967)	⇒ Amphibalanus reticulatus Utinomi, 1967
Balanus subalbidus Henry, 1974	Piedmont meadow-rue
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Conopea galeata Linnaeus, 1771	Gorgonian barnacle
Megabalanus antillensis Pilsbry, 1916

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Nueces County

Family	Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	3 7	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org