ADW: Balanus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Protostomia (protostomes)
      - Ecdysozoa
        
        Arthropoda
        
        Class Maxillopoda
        
        Order Sessilia
        
        Superfamily Balanoidea
        
        Family Balanidae
        
        Genus Balanus
        
        Species Balanus amphitrite
        
        Species Balanus aquila
        
        Species Balanus balanus
        
        Species Balanus calidus
        
        Species Balanus crenatus
        
        Species Balanus decorus
        
        Species Balanus eburneus (ivory barnacle)
        
        Species Balanus engbergi
        
        Species Balanus flos
        
        Species Balanus flosculus
        
        Species Balanus galeatus
        
        Species Balanus glandula
        
        Species Balanus hoekianus
        
        Species Balanus improvisus
        
        Species Balanus laevis
        
        Species Balanus merrilli
        
        Species Balanus nubilis
        
        Species Balanus nubilus
        
        Species Balanus pacificus
        
        Species Balanus pentacrini
        
        Species Balanus perforatus
        
        Species Balanus regalis
        
        Species Balanus reticulatus
        
        Species Balanus rostratus
        
        Species Balanus spongicola
        
        Species Balanus subalbidus
        
        Species Balanus tintinnabulum
        
        Species Balanus trigonus
        
        Species Balanus venustus
        
        Species Balanus vestitus

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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