Armatobalanus
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Armatobalanus is a genus of crustacean
in family Balanidae
. It contains at least the following species :
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
in family Balanidae
Balanidae
Balanidae is a family of barnacles of the order Sessilia.- Genera :* †Alessandriella Carriol, 2001* Amphibalanus Pitombo, 2004* Arossia Newman, 1982* Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979* Balanus Da Costa, 1778* †Concavus Newman, 1982...
. It contains at least the following species :
- Armatobalanus allium (Darwin, 1854)
- Armatobalanus arcuatus Hoek, 1913
- Armatobalanus californicus Zullo, 1967
- Armatobalanus cepa (Darwin, 1854)
- Armatobalanus filigranus (Broch, 1916)
- Armatobalanus motuketeketeensis Buckeridge, 1983
- Armatobalanus nefrensArmatobalanus nefrensArmatobalanus nefrens is a species of barnacle in the family Archaeobalanidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is found as far north as Monterey Bay. It lives embedded in the corals Stylaster californicus and Errinopora pourtalesii. It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List....
(Zullo, 1963) - Armatobalanus nuagaonensis Carriol & Mohanti, 1993
- Armatobalanus quadrivittatus (Darwin, 1854)
- Armatobalanus quinquivittatus (Hoek, 1913)
- Armatobalanus terebratus (Darwin, 1854)