List of taxa described by Charles Darwin

This is a list of taxa described by Charles Darwin.^[1] Many of them are barnacles from his study of that group.^[2][3][4]

• Balanus improvisus, bay barnacle
• Colorhamphus parvirostris, Patagonian tyrant
• Acasta cyathus, sponge barnacle
• Balanus nubilus, giant barnacle
• Balanus glandula, acorn barnacle
• Amphibalanus amphitrite, striped barnacle
• Elminius modestus, New Zealand barnacle
• Notomegabalanus decorus
• Megabalanus occator
• Lepas australis
• Tetraclita rubescens
• Coronula reginae
• Anelasma squalicola
• Heteralepas cornuta
• Tetraclita serrata
• Nobia conjugatum
• Rostratoverruca nexa
• Fistulobalanus pallidus
• Wanella milleporae
• Balanus trigonus
• Nesochthamalus intertextus
• Temnaspis fissum
• Balanus vestitus
• Balanus decorus
• Balanus (genus), barnacles
• Megabalanus stultus
• Octolasmis lowei
• Acasta fenestrata
• Balanus venustus
• Membranobalanus declivis
• Chthamalus fragilis
• Poecilasma kaempferi
• Megabalanus coccopoma, titan acorn barnacle
• Megabalanus decorus
• Megabalanus crispatus
• Acasta purpurata
• Euraphia intertexta
• Amphibalanus cirratus
• Euacasta sporillus
• Megabalanus vinaceus
• Megabalanus vesiculosus
• Epopella eosimplex
• Balanus poecilus
• Armatobalanus allium
• Centrostomum incisum (Platyhelminth)
• Savignium dentatum
• Coronula barbara
• Leptoplana notabilis
• Leptoplana formosa
• Pachylasma auranticacum

A plate from Charles Darwin's Monograph on the Cirripedia, 1854, engraved by George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr.

The bay barnacle, Balanus improvisus, described by Charles Darwin, on a shell of the sand gaper clam Mya arenaria

References

1. "Species described by Charles Darwin". EOL. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. "Darwin's Study of the Cirripedia". Darwin Online. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
3. Darwin, C. R. 1851 [=1852]. Living Cirripedia, A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. London: The Ray Society. Volume 1.
4. Darwin, C. R. 1854. Living Cirripedia, The Balanidæ, (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ. London: The Ray Society. Volume 2.