Balanomorpha Explained

The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families:^[1]

• Austrobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
• Balanidae Leach, 1817 (acorn barnacles)
• Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
• Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
• Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916 (turtle barnacles)
• Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
• Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854 (star barnacles)
• Coronulidae Leach, 1817 (whale barnacles)
• Elminiidae Foster, 1982^[2]
• Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
• Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825 (coral barnacle)
• Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
• Waikalasmatidae Ross & Newman, 2001
• † Pachydiadematidae Chan et al., 2021

Notes and References

1. Book: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea . Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis . 2001 . 132 . . 2011-03-06 . 2013-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512091254/http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf . dead .
2. Foster . Brian A. . Two new intertidal balanoid barnacles from eastern Australia. . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1982 . 106 . 21–32 . 28 March 2024.