Pollicipedomorpha

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Pollicipedomorpha
Gooseneck Barnacle - Pollicipes polymerus (28256331917).jpg
Pollicipes polymerus, Gooseneck Barnacle, California
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder:
Order: Pollicipedomorpha
Chan et al., 2021

Pollicipedomorpha is an order of pedunculated barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are 3 families and more than 30 described species in Pollicipedomorpha.[1][2]

Families[]

These families and genera belong to the order Pollicipedomorpha:

Order Pollicipedomorpha Chan et al., 2021
Family Lithotryidae Gruvel, 1905
Genus Lithotrya Sowerby, 1822
Family Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817
Genus Anelasma Darwin, 1852
Genus Capitulum Gray, 1825
Genus Pollicipes Leach, 1817
Family † Newman, 1996
Subfamily † Gale, 2014
Genus † Gale, 2014
Genus † Gale, 2014
Genus † Gale, 2014
Genus † Nagler, Haug, Glenner & Buckeridge, 2017
Genus † Gale, 2014
Genus † Gale, 2020
Genus † Gale, 2020
Subfamily † Newman, 1996
Genus † Withers, 1953
Genus † Hirt, 1992
Genus † Withers, 1913

References[]

  1. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, order Pollicipedomorpha". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  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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