Verrucidae
Verruca stroemia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Verrucomorpha
Family: Verrucidae
Darwin, 1854

Verrucidae is a family of asymmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Verrucomorpha. There are about 14 genera and more than 90 described species in Verrucidae.[1][2]

Genera

These genera belong to the family Verrucidae:

  • Altiverruca Pilsbry, 1916
  • Brochiverruca Zevina, 1993
  • Cameraverruca Pilsbry, 1916
  • Costatoverruca Young, 1998
  • Cristallinaverruca Young, 2002
  • Gibbosaverruca Young, 2002
  • Globuloverruca Young, 2004
  • Metaverruca Pilsbry, 1916
  • Newmaniverruca Young, 1998
  • Rostratoverruca Broch, 1922
  • Spongoverruca Zevina, 1987
  • Verruca Schumacher, 1817
  • Priscoverruca Gale, 2014
  • Youngiverruca Gale, 2014

References

  1. "World Register of Marine Species, family Verrucidae". Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  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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