Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	60 96 141	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	22 35 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	18 31 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	14 23 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	7 13 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	6 12 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	2 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Okinawa Prefecture
2 Families width 8 Species

Balanidae Leach, 1806		7	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825	Coral barnacle	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Okinawa Prefecture
7 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Okinawa Prefecture
8 Species

Amphibalanus (Balanus) reticulatus Utinomi, 1967	Reticulated barnacle
Amphibalanus zhujiangensis Ren, 1989
Balanus rostratus Hoek, 1883	Elms
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Cantellius euspinulosum Broch, 1931
Fistulobalanus albicostatus Pilsbry, 1916
Megabalanus occator Darwin, 1854
Megabalanus volcano Pilsbry, 1916

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Okinawa Prefecture

Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	4 7	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825 coral barnacle, Coral barnacles	3 1	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org