Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	77 140 231	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	12 23 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	12 23 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	10 19 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	7 11 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	6 10 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	3 5 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Puerto Rico
3 Families width 10 Species

Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		1	Species	Taxom
Balanidae Leach, 1806		9	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825	Coral barnacle	0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Puerto Rico
5 Genera with 10 Species

Species list for Puerto Rico
10 Species

Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854	Sponge barnacle
Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841	Ivory Barnacle
Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854	Bay barnacle
Balanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916	Mountain ninebark
Balanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)	⇒ Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841
Balanus galeatus Linnaeus, 1771
Balanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
Balanus merrilli Zullo, 1966
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Megabalanus stultus Darwin, 1854

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Puerto Rico

Family	Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	3 9	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825 coral barnacle, Coral barnacles	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org