Thompsonia (barnacle)

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Thompsonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Thecostraca
Infraclass: Cirripedia
Superorder: Rhizocephala
Order: Akentrogonida
Family: Thompsonidae
Genus: Thompsonia

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.

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