Sacculinidae

The Sacculinidae are a family of barnacles belonging to the bizarre parasitic and highly apomorphic superorder Rhizocephala, and therein to the less diverse of the two orders, the Kentrogonida. The Sacculinidae are one of the two larger families of Rhizocephala (which are both in the Kentrogonida), containing seven genera:[1]

  • Drepanorchis Boschma, 1927
  • Heterosaccus Smith, 1906
  • Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928
  • Polyascus Glenner, Lützen & Takahashi, 2003
  • Ptychascus Boschma, 1933
  • Sacculina Thompson, 1836
  • Sesarmaxenos Annandale, 1911

Sacculinidae
Externae (brown lumps) of two mature female Sacculina individuals on a male Liocarcinus holsatus (Portunidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Hexanauplia
Subclass:
Thecostraca
Infraclass:
Cirripedia
Superorder:
Rhizocephala
Order:
Kentrogonida
Family:
Sacculinidae

References
  1. Geoff Boxshall (2010). "Sacculinidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
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