Clistosaccidae
| Clistosaccidae | |
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| Drawing of Clistosaccus paguri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
| Family: | Clistosaccidae Boschma, 1928[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Sylonidae Boschma, 1928[1] | |
Clistosaccidae is a family of parasitic barnacles belonging to the bizarre and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala, which is part of the barnacle subclass Cirripedia.[2][3]
The family contains two genera:[1]
- Clistosaccus Lilljeborg, 1861
- M. Sars, 1870
References[]
- ^ a b c Boyko, Christopher B. (2015). "Clistosaccidae Boschma, 1928". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, genus Elminius". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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