Pachylasmatidae

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Pachylasmatidae
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Pachylasma ovatum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder:
(unranked): Sessilia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Chthamaloidea
Family: Pachylasmatidae
Utinomi, 1968
Subfamilies
  • Buckeridge, 1983
  • Jones, 2000
  • Utinomi, 1968

Pachylasmatidae is a family of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are about 10 genera and at least 30 described species in Pachylasmatidae.[1][2]

Genera[]

These genera belong to the family Pachylasmatidae:

References[]

  1. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Pachylasmatidae". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ 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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