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List of taxa described by Charles Darwin

List of taxa described by Charles Darwin

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This is a list of taxa described by Charles Darwin.[1] Many of them are barnacles from his study of that group.[2][3][4]

A plate from Charles Darwin's Monograph on the Cirripedia, 1854, engraved by George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr.
The bay barnacle, Balanus improvisus, described by Charles Darwin, on a shell of the sand gaper clam Mya arenaria

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  1. [1]
    "Species described by Charles Darwin". EOL. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Darwin's Study of the Cirripedia". Darwin Online. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  3. [3]
    Darwin, C. R. 1851 [=1852]. Living Cirripedia, A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ; or, pedunculated cirripedes. London: The Ray Society. Volume 1.
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    Darwin, C. R. 1854. Living Cirripedia, The Balanidæ, (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ. London: The Ray Society. Volume 2.
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