In the past, Platylepadidae has been considered a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 of the
order Sessilia. Research published in 2021 by Chan et al. resulted in the genera of Platylepadidae being merged with that of
Balanidae, except Stephanolepas which was moved to
Chelonibiidae. In the same work,
Sessilia was not retained as an order of barnacles.
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References
Obsolete arthropod taxa
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