Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Tonga (Polynesia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Tonga (Polynesia)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	46 68 89	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	15 19 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	14 18 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	12 15 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	8 9 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	7 8 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	3 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Tonga
3 Families width 5 Species

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

Genera for Tonga
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Tonga
5 Species

Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Hiroa stubbingsi ♰ Ross & Newman, 1973
Megabalanus ajax Darwin, 1854
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758	Barnacle
Solidobalanus auricoma Hoek, 1913

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Tonga

Family	Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	2 3	Genera 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