BALANIDAE Leach, 1806
(a family of acorn barnacles)

BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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No of
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Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)
SuperfamilyBALANOIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
SuborderBALANOMORPHA (a suborder of acorn barnacles)
OrderSESSILIA (acorn barnacles)
SuperorderTHORACICA (acorn and goose barnacles)
InfraclassCirripedia (barnacles)
SubclassTHECOSTRACA (barnacles)
ClassMAXILLOPODA (a class of crustaceans)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ross, P.M., Burrows, M.T., Hawkins, S.J., Southward, A.J. & Ryan, K.P. 2003 A key for the identification of the Nauplii of common barnacles of the British Isles, with emphasis on Chthalamus Journal of Crustacean Biology 23: 328-340.

BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to BALANIDAE (a family of acorn barnacles):

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