Chirona
Genus of crustaceans
| Chirona | |
|---|---|
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| Chirona hameri, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Balanidae |
| Subfamily: | Archaeobalaninae |
| Genus: | Chirona Gray, 1835 |
Chirona is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about six described species in Chirona.[1][2][3]
Species
These species belong to the genus Chirona:
- Chirona evermanni (Pilsbry, 1907)
- Chirona hameri (Ascanius, 1767)
- Chirona sublaevis (Sowerby, 1840)
- Chirona varians (Sowerby, 1846)
- † Chirona bimanicus (Withers, 1923)
- † Chirona unguiformis (Sowerby, 1846)
References
- ^ "Chirona". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, genus Chirona". Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
External links
Media related to Chirona at Wikimedia Commons
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