BALANIDAE Leach, 1806
(a family of acorn barnacles)

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Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 8 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
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Species 19 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)
SuperfamilyBALANOIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
SuborderBALANOMORPHA (a suborder of acorn barnacles)
OrderSESSILIA (acorn barnacles)
SuperorderTHORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles)
InfraclassCirripedia (barnacles)
SubclassTHECOSTRACA (barnacles)
ClassMAXILLOPODA (a class of crustaceans)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ross, P.M., Burrows, M.T., Hawkins, S.J., Southward, A.J. & Ryan, K.P. 2003 A key for the identification of the Nauplii of common barnacles of the British Isles, with emphasis on Chthalamus Journal of Crustacean Biology 23: 328-340.

BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)
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