Peltogasterellidae

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Peltogasterellidae
Peltogasterella sulcata.jpg
Peltogasterella sulcata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Rhizocephala
Family: Peltogasterellidae
Høeg & Glenner, 2019

Peltogasterellidae is a small family of parasitic barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There 4 genera and about 10 described species in Peltogasterellidae.[1][2]

Genera[]

These genera belong to the family Peltogasterellidae:

  • Reinhard, 1944
  • Reinhard, 1958
  • Reinhard, 1958
  • Peltogasterella Krüger, 1912

References[]

  1. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Peltogasterellidae". Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  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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