BALANIDAE LEACH, 1817
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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A77C1793-B652-41CE-BB27-CD2E29DEB201 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5635757 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2C1887BD-FFE5-FFFF-7D0C-8B8FFABEFDEF |
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BALANIDAE LEACH, 1817 |
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FAMILY BALANIDAE LEACH, 1817 View in CoL View at ENA
Diagnosis: Monophyletic by molecular analysis. Wall of six or four plates; parietes tubiferous or solid; tubiferous shell, with tubes basically in a single uniform row formed between inner and outer laminate, although supplementary tubes may form basally; interlaminate figures complex, arborescent; radii either solid or tubiferous; basis commonly calcareous and tubiferous or membranous.
Comments: There are no clear morphologically based apomorphies for this family compared with the Pyrgomatidae . The genus Wanella is sister group to all remaining species as yet analysed by molecules, and this could argue for a separation within two subfamilies. Many genera are polyphyletic, and more low-level taxonomic revision is therefore needed.
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Cirripedia |
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Thoracica |
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Thoracicalcarea |
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Balanoidea |
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