Taxonomy
| KINGDOM | Animalia | |
|---|---|---|
| PHYLUM | Arthropoda | |
| SUBPHYLUM | Crustacea | (Brunnich, 1772) |
| CLASS | Maxillopoda | (Dahl, 1956) |
| SUBCLASS | Thecostraca | (Gruvel, 1905) |
| INFRACLASS | Cirripedia | (Burmeister, 1834) |
| SUPERORDER | Thoracica | (Darwin, 1854) |
| ORDER | Sessilia | (Lamarck, 1818) |
| SUBORDER | Balanomorpha | (Pilsbry, 1916) |
| SUPERFAMILY | Balanoidea | (Leach, 1817) |
| FAMILY | Balanidae | (Leach, 1817) |
| GENUS | Balanus | (Da Coasta, 1778) |
| SPECIES | glandula | (Darwin, 1854) |