Crustacea - Sessilia - Archaeobalanidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 22159

Alternative spellings: Balanus (Hesperibalanus), Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus)

Parent taxon: Archaeobalanidae according to P. A. McLaughlin et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Acasta, Archaeobalaninae, Chirona, Conopea, Membranobalanus, Semibalanus, Solidobalanus, Striatobalanus, Zullobalanus

Subtaxa: Balanus (Hesperibalanus) hesperius, Balanus (Hesperibalanus) unguiformis, Hesperibalanus huddlestuni, Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) cornwalli, Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) kellumi, Solidobalanus (Hesperibalanus) sookensis

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Type: Balanus hesperius

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder