Archaeolepadomorpha
Extinct order of barnacles
Archaeolepadomorpha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Thoracica |
Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
Order: | †Archaeolepadomorpha Chan et al., 2021 |
Archaeolepadomorpha is an extinct order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are at least 3 families and more than 40 described species in Archaeolepadomorpha.[1][2]
Families
These families belong to the order Archaeolepadomorpha:
- Archaeolepadidae Gale, 2019
- Myolepadidae Gale, 2015 in Gale & Sørensen, 2015
- Stramentidae Withers, 1920
References
- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, order Archaeolepadomorpha". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ 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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