Megabalanus tintinnabulum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Hexanauplia
Subclassis: Thecostraca
Infraclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Ordo: Sessilia
Subordo: Balanomorpha
Infraordo: Neobalanoformes
Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Megabalanini
Genus: Megabalanus
Species: Megabalanus tintinnabulum

Name

Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758: 668)

  • Original genus: Lepas
  • Type locality: Amboina, INDONESIA
  • Types: lectotype, specimen illustrated in Rumphius, 1705, pl. 41, fig. A (designation by Henry & McLaughlin, 1986: 18)
  • Distribution: Living populations found worldwide, and distributed by shipping; reported as fossil from Neogene localities in Europe.
  • ZooBank: 55329EAC-DA62-4AEC-BB90-81726680543E

Synonyms

  • Balanus tintinnabulum communis Darwin, 1854: 195 (Notes: 1. Darwin's custom was to use "communis" to designate nomino-typical subspecies. 2. Name Balanus communis Darwin, 1854 is pre-occupied by Balanus communis (Pulteney, 1799), junior synonym of Perforatus perforatus)
ZooBank: 41A058FE-6F40-4D86-B34D-1DD7D4E51091

References

  • Henry, D.P.; McLaughlin, P.A. 1986: The Recent species of Megabalanus (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) with special emphasis on Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus) sensu lato. Zoologische verhandelingen 235(8): 1–69. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 17, for complete list of older junior synonyms, pre-Linnaeus references, and lectotype designation]
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.  [See p. 668, as Lepas tintiñabulum]
  • 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. 55, as Balanus (Megabalanus) tintinnabulum tintinnabulum]
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