Balanus improvisus
creator: Southward, Alan
creator: Chan, Benny K.K.
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: WoRMS (2026). Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106218 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
is replaced by: 421139
modified: 2011-11-18T11:00:28Z
replaces: 425710
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Balanus improvisus Darwin, 1854
accepted name usage ID: 421139
class: Thecostraca
family: Balanidae
genus: Balanus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in year: 1854
order: Balanomorpha
parent name usage ID: 106122
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Darwin, 1854
specific epithet: improvisus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted