Balanodytes Utinomi, 1950

Chan, Benny K. K., Cheang, Chi Chiu, Chen, I-Han & Kolbasov, Gregory A., 2013, Acrothoracican barnacles (Lithoglyptida) in Taiwan, including the taxonomic status of Balanodytes taiwanus Utinomi, 1950 and cryptic diversity of Auritoglyptes bicornis (Aurivillius, 1892), Zootaxa 3694 (3), pp. 221-239 : 225

Genus Balanodytes Utinomi, 1950

Balanodytes Utinomi, 1950c: 453 , 458. — Utinomi 1950a: 99. Armatoglyptes Kolbasov & Newman, 2005: 47 –51.

Type species. Balanodytes taiwanus Utinomi, 1950 (by monotypy).

Diagnosis. Lithoglyptinae having 2-segmented caudal appendages without pedestals, operculum without posterior processes (“auricles”), opercular bars with posterior projections, mantle with or without orificial knob, lateral bars present or absent.

Remarks. Kolbasov & Newman (2005) included B. taiwanus in the nine species forming a new genus Armatoglyptes . However, this genus was erected without designation of a type species and is, therefore, a nomen nudum. It is an unavailable name but is treated herein as a junior synonym.