Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Western Cape (Cape)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Western Cape (Cape)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	49 86 99	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	10 20 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	10 20 29	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	7 15 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	5 11 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	5 11 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	2 6 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 10 Species

Balanidae Leach, 1806		10	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825	Coral barnacle	0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Western Cape
6 Genera with 10 Species

Species list for Western Cape
10 Species

Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854	Purple acorn barnacle
Austromegabalanus cylindricus Gmelin, 1791
Balanus algicola Pilsbry, 1916
Balanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Balanus balanus Linnaeus, 1758	Common barnacle
Balanus declivis Darwin, 1854
Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854	Common Acorn Barnacle
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Chthamalus stellatus Poli, 1791
Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854	Three-cornered barnacle
Notomegabalanus algicola Pilsbry, 1916

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Western Cape

Family	Balanidae Leach, 1806	5 10	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