Subgenus Solidobalanus Hoek, 1913

Solido-Balanus Hoek, 1913: 159, 192.

Balanus (Solidobalanus) . - Pilsbry, 1916: 220.

Solidobalanus . - Newman & Ross, 1976: 23, 50.

Diagnosis.

Parietes and radii rather thick, smooth, without pores; basis flat, calcareous; rostrum not very elongated; radii with strongly septate sutural edges; tergal spur narrow; crests for lateral depressor muscles of scutum absent; adductor ridge weak or absent; tergum flat or with shallow furrow without infolded sides; conspicuous teeth on anterior margins of fourth cirri absent.

Type species.

Balanus auricoma Hoek, 1913: 198, pl. XVIII, figs 20-22, pl. XIX, figs 1-7; type locality: Ternate, Indonesia (Siboga station 136).