Sacculinidae
Sacculinidae | |
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Externae (brown lumps) of two mature female Sacculina individuals on a male Liocarcinus holsatus (Portunidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | Pancrustacea |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
Family: | Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1861 |
The Sacculinidae are a family of barnacles belonging to the bizarre parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Sacculinidae is one of the two larger families of Rhizocephala, containing six genera:[1][2]
- Boschma, 1927
- Heterosaccus Smith, 1906
- Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928
- Boschma, 1933
- Sacculina Thompson, 1836
- Annandale, 1911
References[]
- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Sacculinidae". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- Media related to Sacculinidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Sacculinidae at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Barnacles
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Lilljeborg
- Crustacean genera
- Maxillopoda stubs