Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Thecostraca > Infraclass Cirripedia > Superorder Thoracica > Order Sessilia > Suborder Balanomorpha > Superfamily Balanoidea > Family Balanidae > Subfamily Amphibalaninae > Genus Amphibalanus

Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphibalanus*	Pitombo, 2004	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Balanus improvisus*	Darwin, 1854	synonym

Literature

original description	Darwin, C.R. 1854. A monograph on the sub-Class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Balanidae (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidae, etc., etc., etc. 1-684, plates 1-30. The Ray Society, London.
basis of record	Gittings, S. R. 2009. Cirripedia (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 827–836 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (19 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Chan, Benny K.K. (2014). Amphibalanus improvisus (Darwin, 1854). 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:421139