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BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Genus Balanus (a genus of acorn barnacles) 3      
Species Balanus amphitrite Darwin (an acorn barnacle)       1
Species Balanus crenatus Brugière (an acorn barnacle)     8  
Species Balanus perforatus Brugière (an acorn barnacle)   9 10  
Species Elminius modestus Darwin (Darwin's Barnacle)   8   1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Ross et al, 2003 A key for the identification of the Nauplii of common barnacles of the British Isles, with emphasis on Chthalamus

BALANIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)
CIRRIPEDIA
(barnacles)
THORACICA
(acorn and goose barnacles)
BALANOMORPHA
(a suborder of goose barnacles)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 feeding and other relationships of BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)

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