Balanus (Genus)

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A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha (Chernyshev, 1960)
        Superclass: Crustacea Pennant, 1777
        Class: Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956
        Subclass: Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905
        Infraclass: Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 - Barnacles
        Superorder: Thoracica Darwin, 1854 - Barnacles
        Order: Sessilia Lamarck, 1818 - Sessile Barnacles
        Suborder: Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 - Acorn Barnacles
        Superfamily: Balanoidea Leach, 1817
        Family: Balanidae Leach, 1817
        Subfamily: Balaninae
        Genus: Balanus Da Costa, 1778

The Genus Balanus is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 113 species and subspecies in the Genus Balanus: B. (B.) · B. ajax · B. albicostatus · B. amaryllis · B. amaryllis alba · B. amphitrite · B. amphitrite acutus · B. amphitrite albicostatus · B. amphitrite amphitrite · B. amphitrite cirratus · B. amphitrite communis · B. amphitrite hawaiiensis · B. amphitrite helenae · B. amphitrite kruegeri · B. amphitrite niveus · B. amphitrite variegatus · B. aquila · B. auricoma · B. balanoides · B. B. · B. B. pugetensis · B. brachialis · B. calceolus · B. calidus · B. californicus · B. capensis · B. cariosus · B. cirratus · B. concavus · B. concavus pacificus · B. crenatus (Crenate Barnacle) · B. crenatus curviscutum · B. crenatus delicatus · B. cymbiformis · B. cypris · B. declivis · B. decorus · B. dentifer · B. eberneus · B. eburneus (Ivory Barnacle) · B. engbergi · B. evermanni · B. flos · B. flosculus · B. flosculus sordidus · B. fragiliis · B. fragilis · B. galeatus · B. glandula (White Buckshot Barnacle (When Small)) · B. gregarius · B. hameri · B. hammeri · B. hawaiiensis · B. hespericus · B. hesperius · B. hesperius laevidomus · B. hoekianus · B. imperator · B. improvisus · B. irregularis · B. laevis · B. laevis laevis · B. laevis nitidus · B. lata · B. leavis · B. littoralis · B. longirostrum · B. madrasensis · B. magellanicus · B. maxillaris · B. merrilli · B. nascanus · B. navicula · B. nigrescens · B. nubilis · B. nubilus (Giant Acorn Barnacle) · B. occidentalis · B. oryza · B. pacificus · B. parkeri · B. patellaris · B. pentacrini · B. perforatus · B. porcatus · B. proteus · B. pseudauricoma · B. psittacus · B. pygmaeus · B. regalis · B. reticulatus · B. rostratus · B. rostratus alaskensis · B. rostratus apertus · B. similis · B. socialis · B. solidus · B. spongicola · B. stultus · B. subalbidus · B. sulcatus · B. tenuis · B. terebratus · B. tintinabulum · B. tintinnabulum · B. tintinnabulum tintinnabulum · B. tintinnabulum volcano · B. tintinnabulus · B. trigonus · B. tulipiformis · B. varians · B. variegatus · B. venustus · B. vestitus

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