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Balanus (barnacle)
Taxonomy
Balanus was named by Da Costa (1778) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1036]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Balanidae, Balanoidea, Balaninae.
It was assigned to Balanoidea by Holmes (1860); to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); to Balanidae by Martin (1879), Martin (1904) and McLaughlin et al. (2005); and to Balaninae by Ross and Newman (1967) and Chan et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Balanoidea by Holmes (1860); to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); to Balanidae by Martin (1879), Martin (1904) and McLaughlin et al. (2005); and to Balaninae by Ross and Newman (1967) and Chan et al. (2021).
Species
B. (Balanus), B. amaryllis, B. amphitrite, B. asteroides, B. bloxhamensis, B. calidus, B. cantelli, B. crenatus, B. eburneus, B. glandula, B. halosydne, B. humilis, B. imitator, B. improvisus, B. leonensis, B. multiseptatus (syn. B. finchi), B. niveus, B. nubilus, B. ochlockonensis, B. ornatus, B. polyporus, B. reticulatus, B. rostratus, B. scutorum, B. silverdalensis, B. subalbidus, B. trigonus, B. vadaszi, B. venustus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1778 | Balanus Da Costa |
| 1860 | Balanus Holmes p. 7 |
| 1879 | Balanus Martin p. 131 |
| 1904 | Balanus Martin p. 94 |
| 1967 | Balanus Ross and Newman p. 4 |
| 2002 | Balanus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Balanus McLaughlin et al. p. 42 |
| 2021 | Balanus Chan et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Balanus Da Costa 1778 [barnacle]
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Balanus amaryllis Darwin 1854
Balanus amphitrite Darwin 1854
†Balanus asteroides Bohm 1926
†Balanus bloxhamensis Weisbord 1966
Balanus calidus Pilsbry 1916
†Balanus cantelli Newman 1982
Balanus crenatus Bruguière 1789
Balanus eburneus Gould 1841
Balanus glandula Darwin 1854
†Balanus halosydne Zullo et al. 1992
†Balanus humilis Conrad 1846
†Balanus imitator Zullo 1984
Balanus improvisus Darwin 1854
†Balanus leonensis Weisbord 1966
†Balanus niveus Darwin 1854
Balanus nubilus Darwin 1854
†Balanus ochlockonensis Weisbord 1966
†Balanus ornatus Ponzi 1876
†Balanus polyporus Pilsbry 1924
Balanus reticulatus Utinomi 1967
Balanus rostratus Hoek 1883
†Balanus scutorum Seguenza 1876
†Balanus silverdalensis Zull 1984
Balanus subalbidus Henry 1974
Balanus trigonus Darwin 1854
†Balanus vadaszi Kolosvary 1949
Balanus venustus Darwin 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Holocene or 189.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 183.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 183.0 Ma
Collections (355 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Canada (British Columbia) | Balanus sp. (53089) | |
| Paleocene - Oligocene | Belize (Toledo) | Balanus sp. (217171 217174) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | Balanus sp. (83950) | |
| Eocene | Nigeria | Balanus sp. (46260) | |
| Eocene | Nigeria (Imo) | Balanus sp. (42655) | |
| Middle Eocene | Indonesia | Balanus amphitrite, Balanus amaryllis (70102) | |
| Priabonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | Balanus sp. (149316) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | Balanus sp. (3538 3539) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | Balanus sp. (91606) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (South Carolina) | Balanus peregrinus (92435) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Balanus magniformis (39662) Balanus sp. (39676 40105) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (California) | Balanus sp. (71191 71199) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Japan | Balanus sp. (68894) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Balanus sp. (175334) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Balanus sp. (95898) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Washington) | Balanus sp. (180418) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | Balanus halosydne (66190 66191) | |
| Oligocene | Slovenia | Balanus stellaris, Balanus crenatus, Balanus improvisus (87472) | |
| Oligocene - Pliocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Balanus varians, Balanus psittacus (50076) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Germany | Balanus sp. (70002) | |