Chirona
Sign in to saveChirona is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about six described species in Chirona.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderSessilia
- FamilyArchaeobalanidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Archaeobalanidae
- Collections
- USNM, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil, Pakistan, Taiwan, China, Bangladesh, Thailand, South Korea
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- Parent taxon
- Archaeobalanidae
- Image
- Chirona hameri - inat 104013169.jpg
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- Chirona
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Chirona is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about six described species in Chirona.
==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)
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