Epopella

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Epopella
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Epopella simplex, Tasmania, Australia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Tetraclitidae
Genus: Epopella
Ross, 1970

Epopella is a genus of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Tetraclitidae. There are about six described species in Epopella. [1] [2] [3]

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Characteristics

Species

These species belong to the genus Epopella:

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References

  1. "Epopella". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  2. "World Register of Marine Species, genus Epopella" . Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. 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 .