Pollicipedomorpha is an order of pedunculated 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 3 families and more than 30 described species in Pollicipedomorpha.
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Families
These families and genera belong to the order Pollicipedomorpha:
: Order Pollicipedomorpha Chan et al., 2021
:: Family Lithotryidae
''Lithotrya'' is a genus of crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipod ...
Gruvel, 1905
::: Genus Lithotrya Sowerby, 1822
:: Family Pollicipedidae
Pollicipedidae is a family of goose barnacles.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Pollicipedidae:
* '' Anelasma'' Darwin, 1852
* ''Capitulum
capitulum (plural capitula) may refer to:
*the Latin word for chapter
** an index or list of ch ...
Leach, 1817
::: Genus Anelasma
''Anelasma'' is a monotypic genus of goose barnacles that live as parasites on various shark hosts.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Anelasma'' contains a single species, ''Anelasma squalicola''. The nominal species, however, has a very broad distribution ...
Darwin, 1852
::: Genus Capitulum
capitulum (plural capitula) may refer to:
*the Latin word for chapter
** an index or list of chapters at the head of a gospel manuscript
** a short reading in the Liturgy of the Hours
*** derived from which, it is the Latin for the assembly known ...
Gray, 1825
::: Genus Pollicipes
''Pollicipes'' is a genus of goose barnacles, first described by William Elford Leach in 1817. It comprises four species of marine suspension-feeders.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Pollicipes'':
* ''Pollicipes caboverdensis'' Fer ...
Leach, 1817
:: Family † Zeugmatolepadidae Newman, 1996
::: Subfamily † Martillepadinae Gale, 2014
:::: Genus † Concinnalepas Gale, 2014
:::: Genus † Etcheslepas Gale, 2014
:::: Genus † Icenilepas Gale, 2014
:::: Genus † Litholepas Nagler, Haug, Glenner & Buckeridge, 2017
:::: Genus † Martillepas Gale, 2014
:::: Genus † Subsecolepas Gale, 2020
:::: Genus † Texaslepas Gale, 2020
::: Subfamily † Zeugmatolepadinae Newman, 1996
:::: Genus † Aporolepas Withers, 1953
:::: Genus † Tetrinus Hirt, 1992
:::: Genus † Zeugmatolepas Withers, 1913
References
Further reading
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Barnacles
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