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Balanus balanus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 89602

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Balanus porcatus
 
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassThecostraca Gruvel, 1905  
                         SubclassCirripedia Burmeister, 1834 – barnacles, bernacles  
                            SuperorderThoracica Darwin, 1854 – barnacles  
                               OrderSessilia Lamarck, 1818 – sessile barnacles  
                                  SuborderBalanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 – acorn barnacles  
                                     SuperfamilyBalanoidea Leach, 1817  
                                        FamilyBalanidae Leach, 1817  
                                           GenusBalanus Da Costa, 1778  
                                              SpeciesBalanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
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                                                 SubspeciesBalanus balanus pugetensis   
       

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  Source: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31, pre-press (version 18-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Reference for: Balanus balanus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Comment: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: A, P  
 

 

    


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