Scalpellomorpha is an order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are about 11 families in 3 superfamilies and more than 450 described species in Scalpellomorpha.[1][2]
| Scalpellomorpha | |
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| Lepas anserifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Infraclass: | Thoracica |
| Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
| Order: | Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006 |
| Synonyms | |
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Scalpelliformes Buckeridge & Newman, 2006 | |
Families
edit- Order Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006
- Superfamily Lepadoidea Chan et al., 2021
- Family Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
- Family Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
- Family Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937
- Family Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909
- Family Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980
- Superfamily Neolepadoidea Chan et al., 2021
- Family Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995
- Family Neolepadidae Yamaguchi, Newman & Hashimoto, 2004
- Family Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989 in Hessler & Newman, 1989
- Family Probathylepadidae Ren & Sha, 2015
- Superfamily Scalpelloidea Chan et al., 2021
- Family Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907
- Family †Proverrucidae Newman, 1989 in Hessler & Newman, 1989
- Superfamily Lepadoidea Chan et al., 2021
References
edit- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, order Scalpellomorpha". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ 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.