Calanticidae

Family of barnacles

Calanticidae
Aurivillialepas bocquetae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Calanticomorpha
Family: Calanticidae
Zevina, 1978

Calanticidae is a family of acorn barnacles in the order Calanticomorpha. There are about 12 genera and more than 60 described species in Calanticidae.[1][2]

Genera

These genera belong to the family Calanticidae:

  • Aurivillialepas Newman, 1980
  • Calantica Gray, 1825
  • Crosnieriella Jones, 1998
  • Euscalpellum Hoek, 1907
  • Gruvelialepas Newman, 1980
  • Newmanilepas Zevina & Yakhontova, 1987
  • Paracalantica (Utinomi, 1949)
  • Pisiscalpellum Utinomi, 1958
  • Scillaelepas Seguenza, 1872
  • Smilium Gray, 1825
  • Pachyscalpellum Buckeridge, 1991
  • Zeascalpellum Buckeridge, 1983

References

  1. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Calanticidae". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
  • Data related to Calanticidae at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Calanticidae


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