Balanomorpha

The Balanomorpha are a suborder of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The suborder contains these families:[3]

Balanomorpha
Semibalanus balanoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Infraclass: Cirripedia
Order: Sessilia
Suborder: Balanomorpha
Pilsbry, 1916 [1]
Superfamilies[2]
  • Balanoidea Leach, 1817
  • Chionelasmatoidea Buckeridge, 1983
  • Chthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
  • Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
  • Pachylasmatoidea Utinomi, 1968
  • Tetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903

References


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