''Verruca'' is a genus of asymmetrical
sessile
Sessility, or sessile, may refer to:
* Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about
* Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant
* Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...
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 in the family
Verrucidae
Verrucidae is a family of asymmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Verrucomorpha. There are about 14 genera and more than 90 described species in Verrucidae.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Verrucidae:
* '' Altiverruca'' Pilsbry, 19 ...
. There are about 20 described species in ''Verruca'', around half of them extinct.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Verruca'':
* '' Verruca cookei'' Pilsbry, 1928
* '' Verruca gibbosa'' Hoek, 1883
* '' Verruca jago'' Buckeridge, 1997
* '' Verruca laevigata'' (Sowerby, 1827)
* '' Verruca minuta'' Young, 2000
* '' Verruca mitra'' Hoek, 1907
* '' Verruca scrippsae'' Zullo, 1964
* '' Verruca sewelli'' Stubbings, 1936
* '' Verruca spengleri'' Darwin, 1854
* ''Verruca stroemia
''Verruca stroemia'', the wart barnacle, is a species of asymmetrical sessile barnacle in the family Verrucidae
Verrucidae is a family of asymmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Verrucomorpha. There are about 14 genera and more than 90 des ...
'' (O.F. Müller, 1776) (wart barnacle)
* '' Verruca vertica''
* † '' Verruca alaskana'' Pilsbry, 1943
* † '' Verruca gailgoedertae'' Perreault & Buckeridge, 2019
* † '' Verruca koikei'' Tanaka et al. in Koike et al., 2006
* † '' Verruca prisca'' Bosquet, 1854
* † '' Verruca punica'' Buckeridge & Jagt, 2008
* † '' Verruca pusilla'' Bosquet, 1857
* † '' Verruca sorrellae'' Perreault & Buckeridge, 2019
* † '' Verruca steenstrupi'' Brünnich Nielsen, 1912
* † '' Verruca tasmanica'' Buckeridge, 1983
* † '' Verruca veneta'' Carriol & Diemi, 2005
* † '' Verruca withersi'' Kruizinga, 1939
References
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Barnacles
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