Biology:Malacolepadidae

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Short description: Family of crustaceans

Malacolepadidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Superfamily: Lepadoidea
Family: Malacolepadidae
Hiro, 1937

Malacolepadidae is a family of acorn barnacles in the order Scalpellomorpha. There are at least two genera and two described species in Malacolepadidae.[1][2]

Genera

These genera belong to the family Malacolepadidae:

  • Arcalepas Jones & Morton, 2009
  • Malacolepas Hiro, 1933

References

  1. "World Register of Marine Species, family Malacolepadidae". http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=733038. 
  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 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. 

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