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Family: Balanidae (See list of species below)

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69 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Amphibalanus amphitrite [Purple acorn barnacle]	No picture found Amphibalanus cirratus []	Amphibalanus eburneus []
Amphibalanus improvisus []	No picture found Amphibalanus poecilotheca []	No picture found Amphibalanus reticulatus []
No picture found Amphibalanus rhizophorae []	No picture found Amphibalanus subalbidus []	No picture found Amphibalanus variegatus []
No picture found Amphibalanus venustus []	No picture found Amphibalanus zhujiangensis []	No picture found Arossia henryae [Ribbed barnacle]
No picture found Austromegabalanus cylindricus []	No picture found Austromegabalanus nigrescens []	No picture found Austromegabalanus psittacus [Giant barnacle]
No picture found Balanus albicostatus [Acorn barnacle]	No picture found Balanus amaraquaticus []	No picture found Balanus aquila []
Balanus balanus [Rough barnacle]	No picture found Balanus calidus []	No picture found Balanus campbelli []
No picture found Balanus corolliformis []	Balanus crenatus [Crenate barnacle]	No picture found Balanus decorus []
No picture found Balanus glandula [Common acorn barnacle]	No picture found Balanus kondakovi []	No picture found Balanus laevis [Delicate barnacle]
No picture found Balanus littoralis []	No picture found Balanus minutus []	No picture found Balanus nubilis [Giant acorn barnacle]
No picture found Balanus nubilus []	No picture found Balanus pallidus []	No picture found Balanus patellaris []
No picture found Balanus peocilotheca []	No picture found Balanus perforatus []	No picture found Balanus poecilus []
No picture found Balanus pulchellus []	No picture found Balanus reticulatus [Striped barnacle]	No picture found Balanus rostratus [Rostrate barnacle]
No picture found Balanus spongicola []	Balanus trigonus [Triangle barnacle]	No picture found Balanus uliginosus []
No picture found Balanus vestitus []	No picture found Elminius kingii [Fjord barnacle]	Elminius modestus []
No picture found Elminius plicatus []	No picture found Elminius simplex []	No picture found Fistulobalanus citerosum []
No picture found Fistulobalanus sumbawaensis []	No picture found Megabalanus ajax []	No picture found Megabalanus antillensis []
No picture found Megabalanus azoricus [Azorean barnacle]	No picture found Megabalanus californicus [California barnacle]	Megabalanus coccopoma [Titan acorn barnacle]
No picture found Megabalanus concinnus [Red speckled barnacle]	No picture found Megabalanus crispatus []	No picture found Megabalanus occator []
No picture found Megabalanus peninsularis []	No picture found Megabalanus rosa [Rose barnacle]	No picture found Megabalanus spinosus []
No picture found Megabalanus stultus []	No picture found Megabalanus tintinnabulum []	No picture found Megabalanus tulipiformis []
No picture found Megabalanus validus []	No picture found Megabalanus vinaceus []	No picture found Megabalanus volcano []
No picture found Megabalanus zebra []	No picture found Menesiniella aquila []	No picture found Notomegabalanus decorus []

69 Species of Family Balanidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Amphibalanus amphitrite	Purple acorn barnacle	Circumglobal.	3 WD
Amphibalanus cirratus		Indo-West Pacific.
Amphibalanus eburneus		Western Atlantic. Introd	3 WD
Amphibalanus improvisus		Pacific Ocean, Atlantic O
Amphibalanus poecilotheca		Indo-West Pacific.
Amphibalanus reticulatus		Northeast Atlantic
Amphibalanus rhizophorae		Indo-West Pacific
Amphibalanus subalbidus		Western Indian Ocean and
Amphibalanus variegatus		Indo-West Pacific.
Amphibalanus venustus		Circumglobal.
Amphibalanus zhujiangensis		Northwest Pacific
Arossia henryae	Ribbed barnacle	Southeast Pacific
Austromegabalanus cylindricus		Southeast Atlantic
Austromegabalanus nigrescens		Southwest Pacific
Austromegabalanus psittacus	Giant barnacle	Southeast Pacific and Sou	30 SHH
Balanus albicostatus	Acorn barnacle	Pacific Ocean.
Balanus amaraquaticus		Northwest Pacific
Balanus aquila		Northeast Pacific
Balanus balanus	Rough barnacle	Arctic, Pacific Ocean and	3 WD
Balanus calidus		Indo-Pacific and Western
Balanus campbelli		Southwest Pacific
Balanus corolliformis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Balanus crenatus	Crenate barnacle	Arctic, Eastern Pacific,	2 WD
Balanus decorus		Southwest Pacific
Balanus glandula	Common acorn barnacle	Pacific Ocean, Arctic and
Balanus kondakovi		Indo-West Pacific.
Balanus laevis	Delicate barnacle	Southeast Pacific and Sou
Balanus littoralis		Northwest Pacific
Balanus minutus		Western Pacific.
Balanus nubilis	Giant acorn barnacle	Eastern Pacific	11 WD
Balanus nubilus		Eastern Pacific
Balanus pallidus		Indo-West Pacific, Atlant
Balanus patellaris		Indo-West Pacific
Balanus peocilotheca		Northwest Pacific
Balanus perforatus		Northeast Atlantic and th	3 WD
Balanus poecilus		Southeast Pacific
Balanus pulchellus		Northwest Pacific
Balanus reticulatus	Striped barnacle	Circumtropical.
Balanus rostratus	Rostrate barnacle	Eastern Pacific and the A
Balanus spongicola		Indian Ocean and the Atla	1.5 WD
Balanus trigonus	Triangle barnacle	Circumglobal.
Balanus uliginosus		Northwest Pacific.
Balanus vestitus		Southwest Pacific
Elminius kingii	Fjord barnacle	Southeast Pacific and Sou
Elminius modestus		Atlantic Ocean and Indo-P	1.3 WD
Elminius plicatus		Indo-Pacific	3.5 WD
Elminius simplex		Southwest Pacific
Fistulobalanus citerosum		Southwest Atlantic
Fistulobalanus sumbawaensis		Western Central Pacific	1.57 WD
Megabalanus ajax		Indo-Pacific.
Megabalanus antillensis		Western Atlantic.
Megabalanus azoricus	Azorean barnacle	Eastern Atlantic.
Megabalanus californicus	California barnacle	Eastern Central Pacific	6 WD
Megabalanus coccopoma	Titan acorn barnacle	Indo-Pacific and Southwes
Megabalanus concinnus	Red speckled barnacle	Southern Pacific
Megabalanus crispatus		Eastern Central Atlantic
Megabalanus occator		Indo-West Pacific.
Megabalanus peninsularis		Southeast Pacific
Megabalanus rosa	Rose barnacle	Indo-West Pacific.
Megabalanus spinosus		Eastern Central Atlantic
Megabalanus stultus		Western Indian Ocean and
Megabalanus tintinnabulum		Circumglobal.	7.5 WD
Megabalanus tulipiformis		Eastern Central Atlantic
Megabalanus validus		Indo-West Pacific
Megabalanus vinaceus		Southeast Pacific
Megabalanus volcano		Indo-West Pacific.
Megabalanus zebra		Indo-West Pacific and Atl
Menesiniella aquila		Eastern Central Pacific
Notomegabalanus decorus		Southwest Pacific

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