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Balanus (barnacle)
Taxonomy
Balanus was named by Da Costa (1778) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1036]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Balanoidea.
It was assigned to Balanoidea by Holmes (1860); to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); to Balanidae by Martin (1879), Martin (1904), Cornwall (1927), Yamaguchi (1980), McLaughlin et al. (2005); and to Balaninae by Ross and Newman (1967), Zullo (1984), Chan et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Balanoidea by Holmes (1860); to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); to Balanidae by Martin (1879), Martin (1904), Cornwall (1927), Yamaguchi (1980), McLaughlin et al. (2005); and to Balaninae by Ross and Newman (1967), Zullo (1984), Chan et al. (2021).
Species
B. (Balanus), B. abeli, B. albicostatus, B. amaryllis, B. amphitrite, B. asteroides, B. bloxhamensis, B. calidus, B. cantelli, B. citerosum, B. crenatus, B. dentivarians, B. eburneus, B. glandula, B. gregarius, B. halosydne, B. humilis, B. imitator, B. improvisus, B. kondakovi, B. leonensis, B. multiseptatus (syn. B. finchi), B. niveus, B. nubilus, B. ochlockonensis, B. ornatus, B. pallidus, B. patelliformis, B. polyporus, B. reticulatus, B. rostratus, B. scutorum, B. shilohensis, B. silverdalensis, B. subalbidus, B. tintinnabulum (syn. B. coosensis), B. trigonus, B. vadaszi, B. venustus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1778 | Balanus Da Costa |
| 1860 | Balanus Holmes p. 7 |
| 1879 | Balanus Martin p. 131 |
| 1904 | Balanus Martin p. 94 |
| 1927 | Balanus Cornwall p. 400 |
| 1967 | Balanus Ross and Newman p. 4 |
| 1980 | Balanus Yamaguchi p. 1087 |
| 1984 | Balanus Zullo p. 1320 |
| 2002 | Balanus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Balanus McLaughlin et al. p. 42 |
| 2021 | Balanus Chan et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Balanus Da Costa 1778 [barnacle]
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Subg. Balanus (Balanus) Da Costa 1778
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Balanus (Balanus) connelli Cornwall 1927
†Balanus (Balanus) kanakoffi Zullo 1969
†Balanus abeli Lamy and André 1932
†Balanus albicostatus Pilsbry 1916
Balanus amaryllis Darwin 1854
Balanus amphitrite Darwin 1854
†Balanus asteroides Bohm 1926
†Balanus bloxhamensis Weisbord 1966
Balanus calidus Pilsbry 1916
†Balanus cantelli Newman 1982
†Balanus citerosum Henry 1974
Balanus crenatus Bruguière 1789
†Balanus dentivarians Henry 1974
Balanus eburneus Gould 1841
Balanus glandula Darwin 1854
†Balanus gregarius Conrad 1856
†Balanus halosydne Zullo et al. 1992
†Balanus humilis Conrad 1846
†Balanus imitator Zullo 1984
Balanus improvisus Darwin 1854
†Balanus kondakovi Tarasov and Zevina 1957
†Balanus leonensis Weisbord 1966
†Balanus niveus Darwin 1854
Balanus nubilus Darwin 1854
†Balanus ochlockonensis Weisbord 1966
†Balanus ornatus Ponzi 1876
†Balanus pallidus Darwin 1854
†Balanus patelliformis Bruguière 1789
†Balanus polyporus Pilsbry 1924
Balanus reticulatus Utinomi 1967
Balanus rostratus Hoek 1883
†Balanus scutorum Seguenza 1876
†Balanus shilohensis Pilsbry 1930
†Balanus silverdalensis Zullo 1984
Balanus subalbidus Henry 1974
Balanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758
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Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum linzei Foster 1978
Invalid names: Balanus coosensis Dall 1909 [synonym]
Balanus tintinnabulum azoricus Pilsbry 1916
Balanus trigonus Darwin 1854
†Balanus vadaszi Kolosvary 1949
Balanus venustus Darwin 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available