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Balanus amphitrite or Amphibalanus amphitrite? A note on barnacle nomenclature
Claire, A.S.; Høeg, J.T. (2008). Balanus amphitrite or Amphibalanus amphitrite? A note on barnacle nomenclature. Biofouling (Print) 24(1): 55-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927010701830194
In: Biofouling. Taylor & Francis: Chur; New York. ISSN 0892-7014; e-ISSN 1029-2454, more
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Keywords
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Systematics
    Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) [WoRMS]; Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    barnacle; systematics; taxonomy; Balanus; Amphibalanus

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  • Claire, A.S.
  • Høeg, J.T.

Abstract
    In a recent revision of the Balanidae based on morphological systematics, the much studied fouling species Balanus amphitrite was renamed Amphibalanus amphitrite. Here, the case is made for retaining the former nomenclature. Taxonomists are urged to exercise caution before introducing new formal taxonomies, which should ideally be based on several independent lines of evidence

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