Hesperibalanus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Hesperibalanus
Species (4+5†): H. elizabethae – H. engbergi – H. fallax – H. hesperius – †H. proinus – †H. sookensis – †H. stenonotus – †H. varians – †H. vialovi

Check (3†): †H. cornwalli – †H. huddlestuni – †H. phineus

[Source: WoRMS plus H. huddlestuni
]

Name

• Hesperibalanus Pilsbry, 1916: 192
  • Original status: valid subgenus
  • Geological rangeː Upper Eocene to Recent
  • Type species:: Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius Pilsbry, 1916: 193, by original designation
  • ZooBank: AF41DE0E-4571-432B-936B-973EB82020F7

References

• 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. 192, original designation (as Balanus (Hesperibalanus))

• Henry, D.P. & McLaughlin, P.A. 1967. A revision of the subgenus Solidobalanus Hoek (Cirripedia Thoracica) including a description of a new species with complemental males. Crustaceana 12(1): 43–58. JSTORReference page.  [See p. 46] (synonymised Hesperibalanus as junior synonym of Balanus (Solidobalanus))
• 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. 51, as Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus)]
• Zullo, V.A. & Kite, L.E. 1985. Barnacles of the Jacksonian (upper Eocene) Griffins Landing Member, Dry Branch Formation in South Carolina and Georgia. South Carolina Geology, 28: 1-21. Reference page.  [See p. 15] (as Hesperibalanus)