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Family of barnacles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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 |
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