Chirona

<i>Chirona</i>

Chirona

Genus of crustaceans

Chirona is a genus of acorn barnacles in the family Balanidae. There are about six described species in Chirona.[1][2][3]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Chirona". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. [2]
    "World Register of Marine Species, genus Chirona". Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  3. [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.
  • Media related to Chirona at Wikimedia Commons


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