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Family of barnacles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Balanomorpha. As a result of research published in 2021 by Chan et al., the members of the family Archaeobalanidae were merged with this family.[2][3]
Balanidae | |
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Balanus glandula | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
(unranked): | Sessilia |
Order: | Balanomorpha |
Superfamily: | Balanoidea |
Family: | Balanidae Leach, 1817[1] |
These genera belong to the family Balanidae:[3]
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