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Scillaelepas

Scillaelepas is a genus of barnacle. Most of the species in the genus are androdioecious and the genus dates back to the Upper Jurassic period.

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Scillaelepas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Calanticomorpha
Family: Calanticidae
Genus: Scillaelepas
Seguenza, 1872
Species
  • Scillaelepas brasiliensis Young, 1999
  • Scillaelepas fosteri Newman, 1980
  • Scillaelepas gemma (Aurivillius, 1894)
  • Scillaelepas grimaldii (Aurivillius, 1898)
  • Scillaelepas superba (Pilsbry, 1907)

Scillaelepas is a genus of barnacle.1 Most of the species in the genus are androdioecious2 and the genus dates back to the Upper Jurassic period.3

References

References

  1. WoRMS. "Scillaelepas Seguenza, 1872". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  2. Cothran, Rickey (January 22, 2020). Reproductive Biology:The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-068856-1.
  3. Luisa, Bozzano (September 28, 1982). The Biology of Crustacea. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-323-13925-0.