Ibla

Ibla
Ibla quadrivalvis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Iblomorpha
Family:	Iblidae
Subfamily:	Iblinae Leach, 1825
Genus:	Ibla Leach, 1825
Species
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Ibla is a genus of barnacle. ^[1] In 1848, Charles Darwin studied the genus and found species with hermaphrodites and tiny males. ^[2] In this genus the number of androdioecious species is uncertain because some authors use the words female and hermaphrodite interchangeably. ^[3]

Species

Species in this genus include: ^[4]

• Ibla cumingi
• Ibla quadrivalvis
• Ibla atlantica
• Ibla sibogae
• Ibla pygmaea
• Ibla idiotica
• Ibla cuvieriana

References

1. "Ibla". The Encyclopedia of Life .
2. Darwin, Charles; Burkhardt, Frederick; Smith, Sydney (1985). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850. Cambridge University Press. pp. xviii. ISBN   978-0-521-25590-5.
3. Cothran, Rickey; Thiel, Martin (2020-01-22). Reproductive Biology: The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6. Oxford University Press. p. 221. ISBN   978-0-19-068856-1.
4. WoRMS (2021). "Ibla". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 25 September 2021.

• Leach, M.D. (1825). XXIII. A tabular view of the Genera composing the Class Cirripedes, with Descriptions of the Species of Otion, Cineras, and Clyptra. The Zoological journal. 2: 208-215. page(s): 209 cited in WoRMS http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205861
• WoRMS (2021). Ibla Leach, 1825. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205861