Thompsonia (barnacle)
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- For other uses of the term, see Thompsonia.
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Thompsonia is a genus of barnacle which has evolved into an endoparasite on crabs. It spreads through the crab's body as a network of threads. It makes many egg capsules which emerge through joints in the crab's shell.
