NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Balanidae
  Superfamily - Balanoidea
  Suborder - Balanomorpha
  Order - Sessilia
  Superorder - Thoracica
  Infraclass - Cirripedia
  Subclass - Thecostraca
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Megabalanus californicus
      Species - Megabalanus tintinnabulum
      Species - Megabalanus coccopoma
      Species - Megabalanus stultus
      Species - Megabalanus tanagrae