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Iblomorpha

Iblomorpha is a small order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are only two families and about eight described species in Iblomorpha. This group has barnacles which use calcium phosphate in their shell, and species that protect themselves against predators with poison.

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Iblomorpha
Ibla quadrivalvis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Phosphatothoracica
Order: Iblomorpha
Buckeridge & Newman, 2006

Iblomorpha is a small order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are only two families and about eight described species in Iblomorpha.12 This group has barnacles which use calcium phosphate in their shell, and species that protect themselves against predators with poison.34

Genera

These families, subfamilies, and genera belong to the order Iblomorpha:1

  • Order Iblomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
    • Family Iblidae Leach, 1825
    • Family Idioiblidae Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
      • Subfamily Chaetolepadinae Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
        • Genus Chaetolepas Studer, 1889
        • Genus Chitinolepas Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
      • Subfamily Idioiblinae Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
        • Genus Idioibla Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
References

References

  1. "World Register of Marine Species, order Iblomorpha". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  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.
  3. Reid, D. G.; Mason, M. J.; Chan, B. K.; Duer, M. J. (2012). "Characterization of the phosphatic mineral of the barnacle Ibla cumingi at atomic level by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance: Comparison with other phosphatic biominerals". Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 9 (72): 1510–1516. doi:10.1098/rsif.2011.0895. PMC 3367826. PMID 22298816.
  4. "Barnacles become toxic to survive". Earth News. 22 December 2009.
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