Biology:Sacculinidae

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Short description: Family of barnacles

Sacculinidae
Sacculina carcini (double infection).jpg
Externae (brown lumps) of two mature female Sacculina individuals on a male Liocarcinus holsatus (Portunidae)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Superclass: Multicrustacea
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]

  • Drepanorchis Boschma, 1927
  • Heterosaccus Smith, 1906
  • Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928
  • Ptychascus Boschma, 1933
  • Sacculina Thompson, 1836
  • Sesarmaxenos Annandale, 1911

References

  1. "World Register of Marine Species, family Sacculinidae". http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134764. 
  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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3460867 entry