Chelonibiidae

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Chelonibiidae
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Chelonibia testudinaria, Mexico (Pacific)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily:
Family: Chelonibiidae
Pilsbry, 1916
Subfamilies
  • Pilsbry, 1916
  • Harzhauser & Newman, 2011

Chelonibiidae is a family of turtle barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Chelonibiidae.[1][2]

Genera[]

These genera belong to the family Chelonibiidae:

  • Chelonibia Leach, 1817
  • Fischer, 1886
  • Harzhauser & Newman, 2011

References[]

  1. ^ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160.

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