Peltogastridae
| Peltogastridae | |
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| Peltogaster senegalensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
| Family: | Peltogastridae Lilljeborg, 1861 |
The Peltogastridae are a family of barnacles belonging to the bizarre parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Peltogastridae are by far the largest family of Rhizocephala. They comprise 14 genera, 3 of which (Lernaeodiscus, Septodiscus, and Triangulus) were moved from the family Lernaeodiscidae.[1][2]
Genera
These genera belong to the family Peltogastridae:[1][2]
- Briarosaccus Boschma, 1930
- Dipterosaccus Van Kampen & Boschma, 1925
- Galatheascus Boschma, 1929
- Lernaeodiscus Müller, 1862
- Ommatogaster Yoshida & Osawa, 2011
- Paratriangulus Høeg & Glenner, 2019
- Peltogaster Rathke, 1842
- Pterogaster Van Baal, 1937
- Septodiscus Van Baal, 1937
- Septosaccus Duboscq, 1912
- Temnascus Boschma, 1951
- Tortugaster Reinhard, 1948
- Trachelosaccus Boschma, 1928
- Triangulopsis Guérin-Ganivet, 1911
References
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species, family Peltogastridae". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
- ^ a b 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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160.
External links
Data related to Peltogastridae at Wikispecies
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