Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Thecostraca > Subclass Cirripedia > Infraclass Thoracica > Superorder Thoracicalcarea > Order Balanomorpha > Superfamily Balanoidea > Family Pyrgomatidae

Pyrgomatinae Gray, 1825

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subfamily group names

Pyrgomatini Gray, 1825 synonym

Children

Pyrgoma Leach, 1817

Literature

basis of record

Malay, M. C. M. D.; Michonneau, F. (2014). Phylogenetics and morphological evolution of coral-dwelling barnacles (Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113(1): 162-179.

taxonomy source

Ross, A.; Newman, W. A. (1995). A coral-eating barnacle, revisited (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatidae). Contributions to Zoology. 65:129-176.

taxonomy source

Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pyrgomatinae Gray, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390950

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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2010-10-22 by Benny K.K. Chan

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