Balanus Da Costa, 1778

Carriol, René-Pierre, Cahuzac, Bruno & Lesport, Jean-François, 2011, New species of Acasta and Balanus (Balanoidea: Acastinae, Balaninae) from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Aquitaine Basin, France, Zootaxa 3109, pp. 60-68 : 66

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201918

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192588

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scientific name

Balanus Da Costa, 1778
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Genus Balanus Da Costa, 1778 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Lepas balanus Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Wall of six plates, tubiferous, with one row of major tubes with transverse septa, at least when young; radii solid with transverse teeth; alae not cleft; lateral margin of sheath not extending over adjacent ala, basis solid or tubiferous in single layer. Scutum with adductor ridge, when present, weak. Tergum with spur with gentle change in direction of growth lines, spur and furrow margins coincident; basicarinal angle with well-developed depressor muscle crests limited to border (after Carriol 2008).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Maxillopoda

Order

Sessilia

Family

Balanidae

SubFamily

Balaninae

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