''Amphibalanus'' is a genus of
barnacle
Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass (taxonomy), subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacean, Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar Nauplius (larva), nauplius larvae. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebra ...
of the family
Balanidae
The Balanidae is a family of barnacle
Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass (taxonomy), subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacean, Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar Nauplius (larva), nauplius larvae. Ba ...
that includes species formerly assigned to ''
Balanus
''Balanus'' is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary periods (age range: from 189.6 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells withi ...
''. It contains the following species:
Species
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Amphibalanus amphitrite''
( Darwin, 1854)
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Amphibalanus caboblanquensis''
(Weisbord, 1966) (extinct)
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Amphibalanus caribensis''
(Weisbord, 1966) (extinct)
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Amphibalanus cirratus''
( Darwin, 1854)
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Amphibalanus eburneus''
(Gould, 1841)
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Amphibalanus halosydne''
(Zullo & Katuna, 1992) (extinct)
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Amphibalanus hopkinsi''
(Zullo, 1968) (extinct)
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Amphibalanus improvisus
''Amphibalanus improvisus'', the bay barnacle, European acorn barnacle, is a species of acorn barnacle in the family Balanidae.
Description
''Amphibalanus improvisus'' has a smooth white or pale grey conical calcareous shell composed of six fu ...
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( Darwin, 1854)
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Amphibalanus itoigawai''
(Karasawa & Kobayashi, 2025) (extinct)
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Amphibalanus inexpectatus''
(Pilsbry, 1916)
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Amphibalanus peruvianus''
(Pilsbry, 1909)
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Amphibalanus playagrandensis''
(Weisbord, 1966) (extinct)
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Amphibalanus poecilotheca''
(Kruger, 1911)
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Amphibalanus reflexus''
(Zullo, 1984) (extinct)
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Amphibalanus reticulatus''
(Utinomi, 1967)
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Amphibalanus rhizophorae''
(Ren & Liu, 1989)
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Amphibalanus salaami''
(Nilsson-Cantell, 1932)
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Amphibalanus subalbidus''
(Henry, 1973)
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Amphibalanus thailandicus''
(Puspasari, Yamaguchi & Angsupanich, 2001)
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Amphibalanus variegatus''
( Darwin, 1854)
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Amphibalanus venustus''
( Darwin, 1854)
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Amphibalanus zhujiangensis''
(Ren, 1989)
References
External links
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Barnacles
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