Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Thecostraca > Infraclass Cirripedia > Superorder Thoracica > Order Sessilia

Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Balanoidea Leach, 1817
Chthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
Pachylasmatoidea Utinomi, 1968
Tetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: acorn barnacles sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: acorn barnacles sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: havstulpaner

Literature

basis of record	Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283
additional source	Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp.
additional source	Van Frausum, A. (1989). Annoted checklist of the Thoracica of Belgium (Crustacea, Cirripedia), in: Wouters, K.; Baert, L. (Ed.) (1989). Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". pp. 159-163

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Balanomorpha. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106039