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Sacculina

Thecostraca - Sacculinidae

Taxonomy
Sacculina was named by Thompson (1836). It is extant. Its type is Sacculina carcini. It is the type genus of Sacculinidae.

It was assigned to Sacculinidae by Newman et al. (1969), Zullo and Baum (1981) and Chan et al. (2021).

Species
S. carcini (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Sacculina Thompson p. 452
1969Sacculina Newman et al. p. 272
1981Sacculina Zullo and Baum p. 272
2021Sacculina Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassRhizocephala(Müller 1862)
familySacculinidaeLilleborg 1861
genusSacculinaThompson 1836

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Sacculina Thompson 1836
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Sacculina carcini Boschma 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: parasitesupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2019-05-29 15:12:54
Modified: 2019-05-29 15:12:54
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Gallo-REynoso and Figueroa-Carranza 1998, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available