Thoracica
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| Thoracica | |
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| Semibalanus balanoides | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Thecostraca |
| Infraclass: | Cirripedia |
| Superorder: | Thoracica Darwin, 1854 |
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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.[1]
[edit] 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:[2]
Superorder Thoracica Darwin, 1854
- Order Pedunculata Lamarck, 1818
- Suborder Heteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
- Anelasmatidae Gruvel, 1905
- Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
- Koleolepadidae Hiro, 1933
- Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937
- Microlepadidae Zevina, 1980
- Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980
- Suborder Iblomorpha Newman, 1987
- Iblidae Leach, 1825
- Suborder Lepadomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
- Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
- Oxynaspididae Gruvel, 1905
- Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909
- Suborder Scalpellomorpha Newman, 1987
- Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
- Lithotryidae Gruvel, 1905
- Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817
- Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907
- Suborder Heteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
- Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818
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- 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
- Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
- Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
- Superfamily Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
- Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916
- Coronulidae Leach, 1817
- Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976
- Superfamily Tetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903
- Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
- Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
- Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
- Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
- Balanidae Leach, 1817
- Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825
- Superfamily Chionelasmatoidea Buckeridge, 1983
- Suborder Brachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923
[edit] References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Thoracica |
- ^ Robert D. Barnes (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 706. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
- ^ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001) (PDF). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp. http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf.
