Family | BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles) |
Superfamily | BALANOIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans) |
Suborder | BALANOMORPHA (a suborder of acorn barnacles) |
Order | SESSILIA (acorn barnacles) |
Superorder | THORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles) |
Infraclass | Cirripedia (barnacles) |
Subclass | THECOSTRACA (barnacles) |
Class | MAXILLOPODA (a class of crustaceans) |
Subphylum | CRUSTACEA (crustaceans) |
Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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Ross, P.M., Burrows, M.T., Hawkins, S.J., Southward, A.J. & Ryan, K.P. | 2003 | A key for the identification of the Nauplii of common barnacles of the British Isles, with emphasis on Chthalamus | Journal of Crustacean Biology 23: 328-340. |
BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles) |
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