Thompsoniidae
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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.
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Thompsoniidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Superclass: | Multicrustacea |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
Family: | Thompsoniidae Høeg & Rybakov, 1992 |
Synonyms | |
Thompsomiidae (lapsus) |
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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]
- Diplothylacus Høeg & Lützen, 1993 (disputed)
- Pottsia Høeg & Lützen, 1993 (disputed)
- Thompsonia Häfele, 1911
- Thylacoplectus Coutière, 1902