Austromegabalanus
| Austromegabalanus Temporal range: | |
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| Austromegabalanus zulloi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Balanidae |
| Subfamily: | Megabalaninae |
| Genus: | Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979[2] |
Austromegabalanus is a genus of giant barnacles.[3][4] It contains both extant and extinct species.[1][3]
Species
There are nine extant and fossil species:[3]
- †Austromegabalanus carrioli Collareta et al., 2019[5]
- Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1780)[6][7]
- Austromegabalanus isolde (Holthius & Silvertsen, 1967)[7]
- Austromegabalanus kensleyi Pether, 1990
- Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818)[7]
- †Austromegabalanus piscoensis Carriol et al., 1987 [7]
- Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788)[7]
- †Austromegabalanus victoriensis Buckeridge, 1983 [7]
- Austromegabalanus zulloi Newman, 1979[7]
References
- 1 2 "Austromegabalanus Newman 1979". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ↑ 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. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Marine Biogeography and Evolution in the Southern Hemisphere, sér. 137, vol. 1, p. 279–306
- 1 2 3 "Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ↑ E. A. Egan & D. T. Anderson (1987). "Larval development of the megabalanine balanomorph Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck) (Cirripedia, Balanidae)". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 38 (4): 511–522. doi:10.1071/MF9870511.
- ↑ Alberto Collareta; Giovanni Coletti; Giulia Bosio; John Buckeridge; Christian de Muizon; Thomas J. DeVries; Rafael M. Varas-Malca; Alí Altamirano-Sierra; Mario Urbina-Schmitt; Giovanni Bianucci (2019). "A new barnacle (Cirripedia: Neobalanoformes) from the early Miocene of Peru: Palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical implications". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 292 (3): 321–338. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2019/0825.
- ↑ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2005. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 0-86486-672-0
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F. B. Pitombo (2004). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha)". Zoologica Scripta. 33 (3): 261–276. doi:10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x.