Thoracica

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iThoracica
Balanus balanoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Maxillopoda Subclass: Thecostraca Infraclass: Cirripedia Superorder: Thoracica Darwin, 1854
Orders
Sessilia Pedunculata

Thoracica is a superorder of crustaceans which contains the most familiar species of barnacles found on rocky coasts, such as Balanus balanoides and Chthalamus stellatus.

[edit] Classification

This article follows Martin and Davis in placing Thoracica as a superorder of Cirripedia and in the following classification of thoracicans down to the level of families:^[1]

Superorder Thoracica Darwin, 1854

• Order Pedunculata Lamarck, 1818
  • Suborder Heteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
    • • Anelasmatidae Gruvel, 1905
      • Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
      • Koleolepadidae Hiro, 1933
      • Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937
      • Microlepadidae Zevina, 1980
      • Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980
  • Suborder Iblomorpha Newman, 1987
    • • Iblidae Leach, 1825
  • Suborder Lepadomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
    • • Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
      • Oxynaspididae Gruvel, 1905
      • Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909
  • Suborder Scalpellomorpha Newman, 1987
    • • Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
      • Lithotryidae Gruvel, 1905
      • Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817
      • Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907
• Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818
  • Suborder Brachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923
    • • Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995
  • Suborder Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
    • • Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989
      • Verrucidae Darwin, 1854
  • Suborder Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
    • Superfamily Chionelasmatoidea Buckeridge, 1983
      • Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
    • Superfamily Pachylasmatoidea Utinomi, 1968
      • Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
    • Superfamily Chthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
      • Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
      • Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
    • Superfamily Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
      • Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916
      • Coronulidae Leach, 1817
      • Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976
    • Superfamily Tetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903
      • Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
      • Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
    • Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
      • Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
      • Balanidae Leach, 1817
      • Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825

[edit] References

1. ↑  Joel W. Martin and George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.