Galapagos Species Database

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Membranobalanus nebrias (Zullo & Beach, 1973)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Thecostraca

Order
Balanomorpha

Suborder
Balanomorpha

Superfamily
Balanoidea

Family
Balanidae

Genus
Membranobalanus

Species
nebrias

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands in Baltra, Santiago and Santa Cruz Islands

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Zullo, V.A. (1991) Zoogeography of the Shallow-Water Cirriped Fauna of the Galápagos Islands ans Adjacent Regions in the Tropical Eastern Pacific In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 173-192.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Membranobalanus nebrias", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14768. Accessed 31 October 2026.