藤壶属

藤壶属（学名：Balanus）是藤壶科下的一属，俗称“马牙”。该属物种生活在全世界的岩石海岸和海洋漂流物上。^[1]牠们的共同特征是雌雄同体，成年后将自己粘附在坚硬物体表面等，附着在船体表面的藤壶常给船舶航行带来困难，因为会增加船体表面的阻力，而浪费燃料。因此船只吃水线之下的漆料需选择不易被藤壶所附着的。而鹅颈藤壶等生物虽然也叫藤壶并且有着类似的生活方式，却不是该属的成员。^[2]

藤壶属
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	节肢动物门 Arthropoda
亚门：	甲壳亚门 Crustacea
纲：	鞘甲纲 Thecostraca
目：	无柄目 Sessilia
科：	藤壶科 Balanidae
亚科：	藤壶亚科 Balaninae
属：	藤壶属 Balanus Da Costa, 1778

藤壶进食

种类

藤壶属（Balanus）有以下种^[3]

• 白脊藤壶 Balanus albicostatus Pilsbry
• Balanus balanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Balanus bloxhamensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus borsodensis Kolosváry, 1952
• Balanus calidus Pilsbry, 1916
• Balanus campbelli Filhol, 1886
• Balanus chisletianus Sowerby, 1859
• Balanus citerosum Henry, 1973
• Balanus connelli Cornwall, 1927
• 缺刻藤壶（英语：Balanus crenatus） Bruguiére, 1789
• Balanus curvirostratus Menesini, 1968
• Balanus darwinii Seguenza, 1876
• Balanus ecuadoricus Pilsbry & Olson, 1951
• Balanus flosculoidus Kolosváry, 1941
• Balanus gizellae Kolosváry, 1967
• Balanus glandula Darwin, 1854
• Balanus hohmanni Philippi, 1887
• †Balanus humilis Conrad, 1846 (灭绝)
• †Balanus imitator Zullo, 1984 (灭绝)
• Balanus irradians Zullo & Guruswami-Naidu, 1982
• Balanus irregularis Broch, 1931
• Balanus kanakoffi Zullo, 1969
• Balanus kondakovi Tarasov & Zevina, 1957
• Balanus laevis Bruguiere, 1789
• Balanus laguairensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus leonensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus microstomus Philippi, 1887
• Balanus minutus Hoek, 1913
• Balanus mirabilis Krüger, 1912
• Balanus newburnensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus nubilus Darwin, 1854
• Balanus ochlockoneensis Weisbord, 1966
• Balanus pannonicus Kolosváry, 1952
• Balanus parkeri Zullo, 1967
• Balanus perforatus Bruguiére, 1789
• Balanus poecilus Darwin, 1854
• Balanus polyporus Pilbry, 1924
• Balanus provisoricus Kolosváry, 1961
• Balanus pulchellus Ren, 1989
• Balanus rhizophorae Ren & Liu, 1978
• Balanus rostratus Hoek, 1883
• Balanus sauntonensis Parfitt, 1871
• Balanus similis Weltner, 1922
• Balanus spongicola Brown, 1844
• Balanus subalbidus Henry, 1974
• Balanus tamiamiensis Ross, 1964
• Balanus trigonus Darwin, 1854
• Balanus tuboperforatus Kolosváry, 1962
• Balanus tumorifer Kolosváry, 1962
• Balanus uliginosis Henry, 1973
• Balanus vadaszi Kolosváry, 1949
• Balanus veneticensis Seguenza, 1876
• Balanus withersi Pilsbry, 1930

参考文献

1. Walker, Cyril; Ward, David. Fossils. Smithsonian Handbooks revised, illustrated. Dorling Kindersley. 2002: 66. ISBN 0789489848.
2. 藤壶. [2010-01-25]. （原始内容存档于2011-07-07）.
3. Benny K. K. Chan. Balanus Costa, 1778. World Register of Marine Species. 2011 [2017-09-12]. （原始内容存档于2019-02-16）.