List of taxa described by Charles Darwin

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

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]

* Balanus improvisus, bay barnacle
* Colorhamphus parvirostris, Patagonian tyrant
* Acasta cyathus, sponge barnacle
* Balanus nubilus, giant barnacle
* Balanus glandula, acorn barnacle
* Amphibalanus amphitrite, striped barnacle
* Elminius modestus, New Zealand barnacle
* Notomegabalanus decorus
* Megabalanus occator
* Lepas australis
* Tetraclita rubescens
* Coronula reginae
* Anelasma squalicola
* Heteralepas cornuta
* Tetraclita serrata
* Nobia conjugatum
* Rostratoverruca nexa
* Fistulobalanus pallidus
* Wanella milleporae
* Balanus trigonus
* Nesochthamalus intertextus
* Temnaspis fissum
* Balanus vestitus
* Balanus decorus
* Balanus (genus), barnacles
* Megabalanus stultus
* Octolasmis lowei
* Acasta fenestrata
* Balanus venustus
* Membranobalanus declivis
* Chthamalus fragilis
* Poecilasma kaempferi
* Megabalanus coccopoma, titan acorn barnacle
* Megabalanus decorus
* Megabalanus crispatus
* Acasta purpurata
* Euraphia intertexta
* Amphibalanus cirratus
* Euacasta sporillus
* Megabalanus vinaceus
* Megabalanus vesiculosus
* Epopella eosimplex
* Balanus poecilus
* Armatobalanus allium
* Centrostomum incisum (Platyhelminth)
* Savignium dentatum
* Coronula barbara
* Leptoplana notabilis
* Leptoplana formosa
* Pachylasma auranticacum

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Species described by Charles Darwin". EOL. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. ^ "Darwin's Study of the Cirripedia". Darwin Online. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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.
4. ^ Darwin, C. R. 1854. Living Cirripedia, The Balanidæ, (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ. London: The Ray Society. Volume 2.

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* The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs (1842)
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* Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands (1844)
* Geological Observations on South America (1846)
* "On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties" (1858)
* On the Origin of Species (1859)
* Fertilisation of Orchids (1862)
* The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (1868)
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* The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871)
* The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)
* Insectivorous Plants (1875)
* On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875)
* The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom (1876)
* The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (1877)
* The Power of Movement in Plants (1880)
* The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms (1881)
* The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (1887)
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* The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 1887
* More Letters of Charles Darwin, 1903
* List of described taxa

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