Austromegabalanus

Austromegabalanus is a genus of giant barnacles.^[3][4] It contains both extant and extinct species.^[1][3]

Austromegabalanus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Austromegabalanus zulloi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Balanomorpha
Family:	Balanidae
Subfamily:	Megabalaninae
Genus:	Austromegabalanus Newman, 1979[2]

Species

There are nine extant and fossil species:^[3]

• †Austromegabalanus carrioli Collareta et al., 2019^[5]
• Austromegabalanus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1780)^[6][7]
• Austromegabalanus isolde (Holthius & Silvertsen, 1967)^[7]
• Austromegabalanus kensleyi Pether, 1990
• Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818)^[7]
• †Austromegabalanus piscoensis Carriol et al., 1987 ^[7]
• Austromegabalanus psittacus (Molina, 1788)^[7]
• †Austromegabalanus victoriensis Buckeridge, 1983 ^[7]
• Austromegabalanus zulloi Newman, 1979^[7]