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Chelonibiidae

Chelonibiidae is a family of turtle barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Chelonibiidae.

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Chelonibiidae
Chelonibia testudinaria, Mexico (Pacific)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Coronuloidea
Family: Chelonibiidae
Pilsbry, 1916
Subfamilies
  • Chelonibiinae Pilsbry, 1916
  • Protochelonibiinae Harzhauser & Newman, 2011

Chelonibiidae is a family of turtle barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Chelonibiidae.12

Genera

These genera belong to the family Chelonibiidae:

  • Chelonibia Leach, 1817
  • Stephanolepas Fischer, 1886
  • Protochelonibia Harzhauser & Newman, 2011
References

References

  1. 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.
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