Archaeolepadomorpha is an extinct order of barnacles in the class
Thecostraca
Thecostraca is a class of marine invertebrates containing over 2,200 described species. Many species have planktonic larvae which become sessile or parasitic as adults.
The most important subgroup are the barnacles (subclass Cirripedia), constit ...
. There are at least 3 families and more than 40 described species in Archaeolepadomorpha.
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Families
These families belong to the order Archaeolepadomorpha:
* Archaeolepadidae Gale, 2019
* Myolepadidae Gale, 2015 in Gale & Sørensen, 2015
* Stramentidae Withers, 1920
References
Barnacles
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