''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant
barnacle
A barnacle is a type of arthropod constituting the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in eros ...
s. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
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Austromegabalanus carrioli
''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant barnacles. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
*''Austromegabalanus carrioli'' Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
*''Austromegabalanus cylindricus'' (Gmelin, 1780)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Grif ...
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Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
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Austromegabalanus cylindricus
''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant barnacles. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
*''Austromegabalanus carrioli'' Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
*''Austromegabalanus cylindricus'' (Gmelin, 1780)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Grif ...
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(Gmelin, 1780)[Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2005. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' ]
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Austromegabalanus isolde
''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant barnacles. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
*''Austromegabalanus carrioli'' Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
*''Austromegabalanus cylindricus'' (Gmelin, 1780)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Grif ...
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(Holthius & Silvertsen, 1967)
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Austromegabalanus nigrescens
''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant barnacles. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
*''Austromegabalanus carrioli'' Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
*''Austromegabalanus cylindricus'' (Gmelin, 1780)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Grif ...
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(Lamarck, 1818)
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Austromegabalanus piscoensis
''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant barnacles. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
*''Austromegabalanus carrioli'' Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
*''Austromegabalanus cylindricus'' (Gmelin, 1780)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Grif ...
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Carriol ''et al.'', 1987
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Austromegabalanus psittacus
''Austromegabalanus psittacus'', the giant barnacle or ' as it is known in Spanish, is a species of large barnacle native to the coasts of southern Peru, all of Chile and southern Argentina. It inhabits the littoral and intertidal zones of rocky ...
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(Molina, 1788)
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Austromegabalanus victoriensis
''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant barnacles. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
*''Austromegabalanus carrioli'' Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
*''Austromegabalanus cylindricus'' (Gmelin, 1780)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Grif ...
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Buckeridge, 1983
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Austromegabalanus zulloi
''Austromegabalanus'' is a genus of giant barnacles. It contains both extant and extinct species.
Species
*''Austromegabalanus carrioli'' Collareta ''et al.'', 2019
*''Austromegabalanus cylindricus'' (Gmelin, 1780)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Grif ...
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Newman, 1979
References
*Newman, W. A., 1979 On the biogeography of Balanomorph barnacles of the southern ocean including new balanid taxa a subfamily, two genera and three species, sér. 137, vol. 1, p. 279-306
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