Thoracica

Thoracica is a superorder of crustaceans which contains the most familiar species of barnacles found on rocky coasts, such as Semibalanus balanoides and Chthamalus stellatus. They have six well-developed limbs, and may be either stalked or sessile. The carapace is heavily calcified. The group includes free-living and commensal species.[2]

Thoracica
Semibalanus balanoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Infraclass: Cirripedia
Superorder: Thoracica
Darwin, 1854
Orders[1]

Classification

This article follows Martin and Davis in placing Thoracica as a superorder of Cirripedia and in the following classification of thoracicans down to the level of families:[3]

Superorder Thoracica Darwin, 1854

Gooseneck barnacles (Lepas anatifera)
    • Suborder Brachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923
      • Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995
    • Suborder Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
      • Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989
      • Verrucidae Darwin, 1854
    • Suborder Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
      • Superfamily Chionelasmatoidea Buckeridge, 1983
        • Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
      • Superfamily Pachylasmatoidea Utinomi, 1968
        • Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
      • Superfamily Chthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
      • Superfamily Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
      • Superfamily Tetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903
      • Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
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References

  1. WoRMS (2019). Thoracica. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1107 on 2019-01-16
  2. Robert D. Barnes (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 706. ISBN 978-0-03-056747-6.
  3. Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp.
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