The Balanomorpha are an

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

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 erosiv ...

s, containing familiar

acorn barnacle Acorn barnacle and acorn shell are vernacular names for certain types of stalkless barnacles, generally excluding stalked or gooseneck barnacles. As adults they are typically cone-shaped, symmetrical, and attached to rocks or other fixed objects ...

s of the seashore. The order contains these families: * Austrobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976 *

Balanidae The Balanidae comprise a family of barnacles of the order Balanomorpha The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families: * Austrobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976 ...

Leach, 1817 (acorn barnacles) *

Bathylasmatidae Bathylasmatidae is a family of barnacles belonging to the order Balanomorpha The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families: * Austrobalanidae Newman & Ross ...

Newman & Ross, 1971 *

Catophragmidae The Catophragmidae are a family of barnacles in the superfamily Chthamaloidea with eight shell wall plates (rostrum, carina, paired rostrolatera, carinolatera I and carinolatera II), surrounded by several whorls of imbricating plates. The bas ...

Utinomi, 1968 *

Chelonibiidae Chelonibiidae is a family of turtle barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Chelonibiidae. Genera These genera belong to the family Chelonibiidae: * '' Chelonibia'' Leach, 1817 * ...

Pilsbry, 1916 (turtle barnacles) *

Chionelasmatidae Chionelasmatidae is a family of barnacles belonging to the order Balanomorpha The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families: * Austrobalanidae Newman & Ros ...

Buckeridge, 1983 *

Chthamalidae The Chthamalidae are a family of chthamaloid barnacles, living entirely in intertidal/subtidal habitats, characterized by a primary shell wall of eight, six, or four plates, lacking imbricating plate whorls, and either membraneous or more rarel ...

Darwin, 1854 (star barnacles) * Coronulidae Leach, 1817 (whale barnacles) *

Elminiidae Elminiidae is a family of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families: * Austrobalanidae Newman & ...

Foster, 1982 *

Pachylasmatidae Pachylasmatidae is a family of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families: * Austrobalanidae New ...

Utinomi, 1968 *

Pyrgomatidae Pyrgomatidae is a family of barnacles belonging to the order Balanomorpha. Genera The following genera are members of the family Pyrgomatidae: :Subfamily Ceratoconchinae Newman & Ross, 1976 :: Ceratoconcha Kramberger-Gorjanovic, 1889 :: † Eo ...

Gray, 1825 (coral barnacle) *

Tetraclitidae Tetraclitidae is a family of sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. The order contains these families: * Austrobalanidae Newman & Ross, 19 ...

Gruvel, 1903 * Waikalasmatidae Ross & Newman, 2001 * † Pachydiadematidae Chan et al., 2021

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* Barnacles Arthropod suborders {{Maxillopoda-stub