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Megabalanus Hoek, 1913 
AphiaID: 106123

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Thecostraca (Subclass) > Cirripedia (Infraclass) > Thoracica (Superorder) > Sessilia (Order) > Balanomorpha (Suborder) > Balanoidea (Superfamily) > Balanidae (Family) > Megabalaninae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Megabalaninae
Sources  basis of record: Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Megabalanus ajax (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus antillensis (Pilsbry, 1916)
Species Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916)
Species Megabalanus californicus (Pilsbry, 1916)
Species Megabalanus clippertonensis Zullo, 1969
Species Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus concinnus (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus costatus (Hoek, 1913)
Species Megabalanus crispatus (Schröter) Darwin, 1854
Species Megabalanus decorus (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus dolfusii (de Alessandri, 1907)
Species Megabalanus dorbignii (chenu, 1843)
Species Megabalanus galapaganus (Pilsbry, 1916)
Species Megabalanus giganteum (Kolosváry, 1949)
Species Megabalanus honti (Kolosváry, 1950)
Species Megabalanus hungaricus (Kolosváry, 1941)
Species Megabalanus javanicus (Whithers, 1923)
Species Megabalanus leganyii (Kolosváry, 1950)
Species Megabalanus multiseptatus (Ross, 1964)
Species Megabalanus occator (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus peninsularis (Pilsbry, 1916)
Species Megabalanus plicatus (Hoek, 1913)
Species Megabalanus rosa (Choi, Anderson & Kim, 1992)
Species Megabalanus seguenzai (de Alessandri, 1895)
Species Megabalanus spinosus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Megabalanus stultus (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus tanagrae (Pilsbry, 1928)
Species Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Megabalanus transsylvanicus (Kolosváry, 1950)
Species Megabalanus transversostriatus (Beurlen, 1958)
Species Megabalanus tulipiformis (Ellis, 1758)
Species Megabalanus validus Darwin, 1854
Species Megabalanus venezuelensis (Weisbord, 1966)
Species Megabalanus vesiculosus (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus vinaceus (Darwin, 1854)
Species Megabalanus volcano (Pilsbry, 1916)
Species Megabalanus xishaensis (Ren & Liu, 1978)
Species Megabalanus zebra Russell et al., 2003
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106123
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Southward, Alan
2005-03-30 08:09:10Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-10-22 06:14:53Z  checked  Chan, Benny K.K.
  
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  Citation: Chan, Benny K.K. (2013). Megabalanus Hoek, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106123 on 2013-05-22
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