Taxonavigation

Familia: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Austromegabalanini
Genus: Austromegabalanus
Species: Austromegabalanus psittacus

Name

Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788: 223)

• Original genus: Lepas
• Original status: valid species
• Type locality: Chiloe Archipelago, Chili
• Types: none designated
• ZooBank: 2DAEF737-A286-4AAF-9946-709DA61F1B6F

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. 206, as Balanus psittacus]

• Hosie, A.M. & Ahyong, S.T. 2008. First records of the giant barnacles, Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) and A. psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Balanidae. Zootaxa 1674: 59–64. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/%25x Reference page. 

• King, P.P. 1832 (July). Description of Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego [“assisted by W. J. Broderip”]. Zoological Journal 5(19): 332–349 (Article XLVII). BHL Reference page.  [See p. 333, as Balanus psittacus] (generic reassignment)

• Molina, J.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale de Chili. Stamperia di S. Tomaso d'Aquino: Bologna. 367 pp. BHL Reference page.  Given erroneously as original reference in Pilsbry, 1916, and most later authors. This work is botanical.

• Molina, J.I. 1788: Compendio de la historia geografica, natural y civil del reyno de Chile. En Madrid: por Don Antonio de Sancha. Año M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Se hallará en su librería en la Aduana Vieja.,[1788]. 386 pp. BHL [In Spanish] Reference page.  [See p. 223, as Lepas psittacus] Reference given in Darwin, 1854. Species is listed here.

• Newman, W.A. 1979: On the biogeography of balanomorph barnacles of the Southern Ocean including new balanid taxa: A subfamily two genera and three species. IN Proceedings of the International Symposium of Marine Biogeography and Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research information series 137 1: 279–306. 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. 68, as Megabalanus psittacus]

• Perreault, R.T. 2016. On the authorship of Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina). Zootaxa 4169(2): 375–375. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.7 Reference page. 

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1909: Report on barnacles of Peru, collected by Dr. R.E. Coker and others. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37(1700): 63–74. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 66 for discussion of authorship]

• 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. 75, as Balanus (Megabalanus) psittacus]

• Pitombo, F.B. 2004: Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33(3): 261–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x Reference page.  [See p. 275, as Austromegabalanus psittacus]