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Chirona

Chirona is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about six described species in Chirona.

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Chirona
Chirona hameri, Nova Scotia, Canada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.123

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

References

  1. "Chirona". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. "World Register of Marine Species, genus Chirona". Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  3. 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