Octomeris

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Octomeris
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Octomeris angulosa, eightshell barnacle, South Africa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Chthamalidae
Genus: Octomeris
Sowerby, 1825

Octomeris is a genus of star barnacles in the family Chthamalidae. There are at least three described species in Octomeris. [1] [2] [3]

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Species

These species belong to the genus Octomeris:

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References

  1. "Octomeris". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. "World Register of Marine Species, genus Octomeris" . Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  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 . hdl: 11250/2990967 .