Balanidae

Balanidae
Balanus glandula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Superorder: Thoracicalcarea
(unranked): Sessilia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Balanoidea
Family: Balanidae
Leach, 1817[1]

The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Balanomorpha. As a result of research published in 2021 by Chan et al., the members of the family Archaeobalanidae were merged with this family.[2][3]

  1. ^ Leach, W. E. (1817). Distribution systématique de la classe Cirripède. Journal de Physique de Chimie et d’Histoire Naturelle, 85, 67– 69.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Chan2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).