Duplorbidae is a family of

barnacle A barnacle is a type of arthropod constituting the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in eros ...

s belonging to the infraclass

Rhizocephala Rhizocephala are derived barnacles that parasitise mostly decapod crustaceans, but can also infest Peracarida, mantis shrimps and thoracican barnacles, and are found from the deep ocean to freshwater. Together with their sister groups Thoracica ...

. Genera: * '' Arcturosaccus'' Rybakov & Høeg, 1992 * '' Cryptogaster'' Bocquet-Védrine & Bourdon, 1984 * '' Duplorbis'' Smith, 1906

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18402677 Barnacles Crustacean families