Austromegabalanus

Austromegabalanus is a genus of giant barnacles.[1] It contains both extant and extinct species.

Austromegabalanus
Austromegabalanus zulloi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Thecostraca
Infraclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Sessilia
Family:	Balanidae
Genus:	Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979

Species

• Austromegabalanus carrioli Collareta et al., 2019[2]
• Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1780)[3][4]
• Austromegabalanus isolde (Holthius & Silvertsen, 1967)[4]
• Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818)[4]
• †Austromegabalanus piscoensis Carriol et al., 1987 [4]
• Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788)[4]
• †Austromegabalanus victoriensis Buckeridge, 1983 [4]
• Austromegabalanus zulloi Newman, 1979[4]

References

1. E. A. Egan & D. T. Anderson. "Larval development of the megabalanine balanomorph Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck) (Cirripedia, Balanidae)". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 38 (4): 511–522. doi:10.1071/MF9870511.
2. Alberto Collareta; Giovanni Coletti; Giulia Bosio; John Buckeridge; Christian de Muizon; Thomas J. DeVries; Rafael M. Varas-Malca; Alí Altamirano-Sierra; Mario Urbina-Schmitt; Giovanni Bianucci (2019). "A new barnacle (Cirripedia: Neobalanoformes) from the early Miocene of Peru: Palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical implications". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 292 (3): 321–338. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2019/0825.
3. Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2005. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 0-86486-672-0
4. F. B. Pitombo (2004). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha)". Zoologica Scripta. 33: 261–276. doi:10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x.

• Newman, W. A., 1979 On the biogeography of Balanomorph barnacles of the southern ocean including new balanid taxa a subfamily, two genera and three species, sér. 137, vol. 1, p. 279-306