Poecilasmatidae

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Poecilasmatidae
Glyptelasma hamatum Griffiths.png
Glyptelasma hamatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Superfamily: Lepadoidea
Family: Poecilasmatidae
Annandale 1909

Poecilasmatidae is a family of goose barnacles. [1] [2]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family, including five genera from the former family Microlepadidae: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Register of Marine Species, family Poecilasmatidae" . Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  2. 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. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 .