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Perforatus

Perforatus is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There is one described species in Perforatus, P. perforanus. from Mykonos Island, Greece

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Perforatus
Perforatus perforatus, volcano barnacle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Balanidae
Genus: Perforatus
Pitombo, 2004
Species:
P. perforatus
Binomial name
Perforatus perforatus
(Bruguière, 1789)

Perforatus (South European acorn barnacle, Red-striped acorn barnacle) is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There is one described species in Perforatus, P. perforanus. from Mykonos Island, Greece 123

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References

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