Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Shetland Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)

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Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Shetland Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	52 78 107	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	11 15 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	11 15 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	9 13 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	7 10 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	6 9 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	2 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Shetland Islands
2 Families width 6 Species

Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976		3	Species	Taxom
Balanidae (Leach, 1806)		3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Shetland Islands
4 Genera with 6 Species

Austrominius Buckeridge, 1854		1	Species	Taxom
Balanus Da Costa, 1789	Barnacle	3	Species	Taxom
Chirona Gray, 1767		1	Species	Taxom
Semibalanus Pilsbry, 1767		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Shetland Islands
6 Species

Austrominius modestus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Elminius modestus Darwin, 1854
Balanus balanus Linnaeus, 1758	Common barnacle
Balanus crenatus Bruguière, 1789	Mountain ninebark
Balanus perforatus (Bruguière, 1789)	⇒ Perforatus perforatus Bruguière, 1789
Chirona hameri Ascanius, 1767
Semibalanus balanoides Linnaeus, 1767	Acorn barnacle

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Shetland Islands

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

Links, sources and further information

Balanoidea at itis.gov
Balanoidea at marinespecies.org