Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Balanoidea for Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)

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Checklist for Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)

Class	Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 Maxillopods	19 26 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905	11 14 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Barnacles	11 14 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Thoracica Darwin, 1854 Barnacles	11 14 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 Acorn barnacles, Sessile barnacles	6 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 Acorn barnacles	5 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Balanoidea Leach, 1817	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
3 Families width 4 Species

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

Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
4 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
4 Species

Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854	Purple acorn barnacle
Balanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)	⇒ Amphibalanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854
Hiroa stubbingsi ♰ Ross & Newman, 1973
Neoacasta laevigata Gray, 1825

Subnodes of Balanoidea with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago

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