Sacculinidae
Appearance
Sacculinidae | |
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Externae (brown lumps) of two mature female Sacculina individuals on a male Liocarcinus holsatus (Portunidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | Mandibulata |
Clade: | Pancrustacea |
Superclass: | Multicrustacea |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
Family: | Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1861 |
The Sacculinidae are a family of barnacles belonging to the parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Sacculinidae is one of the two larger families of Rhizocephala, containing six genera:[1][2]
- Drepanorchis Boschma, 1927
- Heterosaccus Smith, 1906
- Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928
- Ptychascus Boschma, 1933
- Sacculina Thompson, 1836
- Sesarmaxenos Annandale, 1911
References
[edit]- ^ "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. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Sacculinidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Sacculinidae at Wikispecies