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Dosima

Dosima is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae. There are at least two described species in Dosima.

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Dosima
Dosima fascicularis, Ireland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Superorder: Thoracicalcarea
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Superfamily: Lepadoidea
Family: Lepadidae
Genus: Dosima
Gray, 1825

Dosima is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae. There are at least two described species in Dosima.12

Species

These species belong to the genus Dosima:

References

References

  1. "World Register of Marine Species, genus Dosima". Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  2. 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.