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Balanomorpha

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Balanomorpha
"Semibalanus balanoides"
Semibalanus balanoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Thoracicalcarea
(unranked): Sessilia
Order: Balanomorpha
Pilsbry, 1916 [1]
Superfamilies[2]

The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar sessile shelled acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families:[3][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  3. ^ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  4. ^ Foster, Brian A. (1982). "Two new intertidal balanoid barnacles from eastern Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 106: 21–32. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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