World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
WoRMS (2026). Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106218 on 2026-08-29
Darwin, C. (1854). A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia with Figures of All the Species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verricidae, etc., etc., etc. The Ray Society, London. i-viii + 1-684, pls. 1-30.