Taxonavigation

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Austrobalaninae
Genus: Austrobalanus
Species: Austrobalanus imperator
Subspecies (1 + 1†): A. i. imperator – †A. i. aotea

Name

Austrobalanus imperator (Darwin, 1854: 288)

• Original genus Balanus
• Type locality: New South Wales, Australia
• Types: BMNH
• Distribution: Australia
• ZooBank: 29E7CD95-32AE-4CAE-BA8E-A5FEE75CB9AC

References

• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 288, as Balanus imperator]

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1983: Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey paleontological bulletin, (50) Reference page. 

• Newman, W.A.; Ross, A. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 46, as Austrobalanus imperator, full genus]

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 218, as Balanus (Austrobalanus) imperator, subgeneric reassignment]