Balanus balanus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Balaninae
Genus: Balanus
Species: Balanus balanus

Name

• Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758): {{BHL|page/|727580}667}[
  • Original genus: Lepas
  • Original status: valid species
  • Type locality: Europe, littoral
  • Types: none given by Linnaeus
  • ZooBank: 3F04538B-558A-479A-A9CC-79118A9CC5C2

Synonyms

• Balanus balanus artica Broch, 1936: 3
• Balanus balanus pugetensis Pilsbry, 1916: 163
  • Original status: valid subspecies
  • ZooBank: 7782337F-B52D-412A-9693-61612ADB8F2B
• Balanus porcatus Da Costa, 1778: 249
  • Original status: valid species
  • ZooBank: 33072FA0-FE2D-42AD-8D7F-88DD2FFFE6FF

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 667. Reference page.  [See p. 667, as Lepas balanus, original description]

• Broch, H. 1936: Cirripedia. Norwegian North Polar Expedition "Maud", 1918-1925. Scientific Results, 5(19): 1–5. Reference page.  [See p. 3, as Balanus balanus arctica, junior synonym]
• da Costa, E.M. 1778. Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniae, or the British conchology. London, 254 p. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 249, as Balanus porcatus, junior synonym]
• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 256, as Balanus porcatus; considers L. balanus as junior synonym]
• Gale, A.S., Rosso, A. & Vertino, A. 2021. Cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sicily (Italy) and a review of the history of Mediterranean Cainozoic cirripedes. Cainozoic Research 21(1)ː 3–73. Reference page.  [See p. 27, short discussion]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 59, as Balanus balanus, references, synonymy]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 149, synonymy]
• Pitombo, F.B. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33(3): 261–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x Reference page.