Calanticomorpha is an order of acorn barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are 3 families and more than 90 described species in Calanticomorpha.[1][2]

Calanticomorpha
Calantica graphica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Thoracicalcarea
Order: Calanticomorpha
Chan et al., 2021

Families

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These families and genera belong to the order Calanticomorpha:

Order Calanticomorpha Chan et al., 2021
Family Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
Genus Aurivillialepas Newman, 1980
Genus Calantica Gray, 1825
Genus Crosnieriella Jones, 1998
Genus Euscalpellum Hoek, 1907
Genus Gruvelialepas Newman, 1980
Genus Newmanilepas Zevina & Yakhontova, 1987
Genus Paracalantica (Utinomi, 1949)
Genus Pisiscalpellum Utinomi, 1958
Genus Scillaelepas Seguenza, 1872
Genus Smilium Gray, 1825
Genus †Pachyscalpellum Buckeridge, 1991
Genus †Zeascalpellum Buckeridge, 1983
Family †Cretiscalpellidae Buckeridge, 1983
Genus †Cretiscalpellum Withers, 1922
Genus †Jagtscalpellum Gale, 2020
Genus †Striascalpellum Gale, 2020
Genus †Witherscalpellum Gale, 2020
Family †Titanolepadidae Gale & Sørensen, 2015
Genus †Ivoelepas Gale & Sørensen, 2015
Genus †Levelepas Gale & Sørensen, 2015
Genus †Titanolepas Withers, 1913

References

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  1. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, order Calanticomorpha". 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.

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