Thompsoniidae

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Thompsoniidae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Rhizocephala
Family: Thompsoniidae
Høeg & Rybakov, 1992
Synonyms

Thompsomiidae (lapsus)

The Thompsoniidae are a family of parasitic barnacles belonging to the bizarre and highly apomorphic superorder Rhizocephala, and therein to the more diverse of the two orders, the Akentrogonida.

The Thompsoniidae are one of the smallish families of Rhizocephala, as typical for the Akentrogonida. They only contain four genera, of which two are not universally accepted:[1]

  • Høeg & Lützen, 1993 (disputed)
  • Høeg & Lützen, 1993 (disputed)
  • Thompsonia Häfele, 1911
  • Coutière, 1902

References[]

  1. ^ Geoff Boxshall (2010). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. N. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Thompsoniidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 26, 2010.

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