Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Thecostraca > Infraclass Cirripedia > Superorder Thoracica > Order Sessilia > Suborder Balanomorpha > Superfamily Chthamaloidea > Family Chthamalidae > Subfamily Chthamalinae > Genus Chthamalus

Chthamalus stellatus (Poli, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chthamalus*	Ranzani, 1817	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: sterzeepok sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: Poli's stellate barnacle sources: BIOTIC

English-United States: Poli's Stellate Barnacle

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	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (407 nucleotides; 91 proteins)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Barnacle Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Chthamalus stellatus. 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:106231