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Barnacles and Allies
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Barnacles and Allies

Thecostraca

Thecostraca is a subclass of marine invertebrates containing about 1,320 described species. Many species have planktonic larvae which become sessile or parasitic as adults.

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3 branches of this subclass, most-observed first

Barnacles

infraclassCirripedia

Y-Parasites

infraclassFacetotecta

Copebarnacles

infraclassAscothoracida

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144117.