| Balanomorpha | |
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| Semibalanus balanoides | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Thecostraca | 
| Subclass: | Cirripedia | 
| Infraclass: | Thoracica | 
| Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea | 
| (unranked): | Sessilia | 
| Order: | Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 [1]  | 
| Superfamilies[2] | |
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The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families:[3][2]
- Austrobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
 - Balanidae Leach, 1817 (acorn barnacles)
 - Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
 - Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
 - Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916 (turtle barnacles)
 - Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
 - Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854 (star barnacles)
 - Coronulidae Leach, 1817 (whale barnacles)
 - Elminiidae Foster, 1982
 - Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
 - Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825 (coral barnacle)
 - Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
 - Waikalasmatidae Ross & Newman, 2001
 - † Pachydiadematidae Chan et al., 2021
 
References
- ↑ "Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
 - 1 2 "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
 - ↑ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
 
External links
 Data related to Balanomorpha at Wikispecies
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