The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms
Author
Chan, Benny K. K.
Author
Dreyer, Niklas
Author
Gale, Andy S.
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Glenner, Henrik
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Ewers-Saucedo, Christine
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Pérez-Losada, Marcos
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Kolbasov, Gregory A.
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Crandall, Keith A.
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Høeg, Jens T.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021
2021-02-25
193
789
846
journal article
3656
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160
40324061-d8e8-4cfa-9151-4d7b110cff12
0024-4082
5637275
A77C1793-B652-41CE-BB27-CD2E29DEB201
SUBCLASS
ASCOTHORACIDA
LACAZE- DUTHIERS, 1880
Diagnosis:
Bivalved crustaceans, with diverticula of midgut and gonads in carapace. Body generally with 11 free trunk segments, first six with biramous thoracopods, seventh with biramous or uniramous penis in both sexes (vestigial in females), last with moveable unsegmented furcal rami. Antennules four- to six-segmented, with claw guard and claw on terminal segment. Conical labrum surrounds piercing mouthparts. Parasites of echinoderms and anthozoans.
Comment:
Grygier (1987a)
provided a comprehensive review on the taxonomy of the
Ascothoracida
.