Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for US Virgin Islands (Caribbean islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region US Virgin Islands (Caribbean islands)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	31 39 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	8 9 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	8 9 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	7 8 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	5 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	5 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	3 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for US Virgin Islands
3 Families width 4 Species

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

Genera for US Virgin Islands
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for US Virgin Islands
4 Species

Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854	Sponge barnacle
Balanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)	⇒ Amphibalanus eburneus Gould, 1841
Balanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
Megatrema madreporarum Bosc, 1812

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in US Virgin Islands

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