Amphibalanus Explained

Amphibalanus is a genus of barnacle of the family Balanidae that includes species formerly assigned to Balanus.^[1] It contains the following species:^[2]

Species

• Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854)
• †Amphibalanus caboblanquensis (Weisbord, 1966) (extinct)
• †Amphibalanus caribensis (Weisbord, 1966) (extinct)
• Amphibalanus cirratus (Darwin, 1854)
• Amphibalanus eburneus (Gould, 1841)
• †Amphibalanus halosydne (Zullo & Katuna, 1992) (extinct)
• †Amphibalanus hopkinsi (Zullo, 1968) (extinct)
• Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)
• Amphibalanus inexpectatus (Pilsbry, 1916)
• Amphibalanus peruvianus (Pilsbry, 1909)
• †Amphibalanus playagrandensis (Weisbord, 1966) (extinct)
• Amphibalanus poecilotheca (Kruger, 1911)
• †Amphibalanus reflexus (Zullo, 1984) (extinct)
• Amphibalanus reticulatus (Utinomi, 1967)
• Amphibalanus rhizophorae (Ren & Liu, 1989)
• Amphibalanus salaami (Nilsson-Cantell, 1932)
• Amphibalanus subalbidus (Henry, 1973)
• Amphibalanus thailandicus (Puspasari, Yamaguchi & Angsupanich, 2001)
• Amphibalanus variegatus (Darwin, 1854)
• Amphibalanus venustus (Darwin, 1854)
• Amphibalanus zhujiangensis (Ren, 1989)

Notes and References

1. Pitombo . F.B. . 2004 . Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) . 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x . Zoologica Scripta . 33 . 3. 261–276 . 85218991 .
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004 .