Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Penobscot County (Maine, USA)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Penobscot County (Maine, USA)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	19 24 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	4 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	4 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	4 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	3 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	3 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	3 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Penobscot County
3 Families width 6 Species

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

Genera for Penobscot County
4 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Penobscot County
6 Species

Adna anglica (Sowerby, 1823)	⇒ Megatrema anglicum Sowerby, 1823
Balanus balanus Linnaeus, 1758	Common barnacle
Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789	Mountain ninebark
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Chirona hameri Ascanius, 1767
Semibalanus balanoides Linnaeus, 1767	Acorn barnacle

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Penobscot County

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

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org