Cryptolepas

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Cryptolepas
Whale barnacles and lice.jpg
Cryptolepas rhachianecti on a Baja California gray whale
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Coronulidae
Genus: Cryptolepas
Dall, 1872

Cryptolepas is a genus of whale barnacles in the family Coronulidae. There are two described species in Cryptolepas, one of which is extinct.[1][2]

Species[]

These species belong to the genus Cryptolepas:

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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