Polyascidae
Appearance
Polyascidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Superclass: | Multicrustacea |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
Family: | Polyascidae Høeg & Glenner, 2019 |
Polyascidae is a family of parasitic barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are at least two genera and about eight described species in Polyascidae.[1][2]
Genera
[edit]These genera belong to the family Polyascidae:
- Parasacculina Høeg & Glenner, 2019
- Polyascus Glenner, Lützen & Takahashi, 2003
References
[edit]- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Polyascidae". Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Martin, Joel W.; Davis, George E. (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Science Series. Vol. 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-891276-27-9.