Scillaelepas

Scillaelepas is a genus of barnacle.[1] Most of the species in the genus are androdioecious[2] and the genus dates back to the Upper Jurassic period.[3]

Scillaelepas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Calanticomorpha
Family: Calanticidae
Genus: Scillaelepas
Seguenza, 1872
Species
  • Scillaelepas brasiliensis Young, 1999
  • Scillaelepas fosteri Newman, 1980
  • Scillaelepas gemma (Aurivillius, 1894)
  • Scillaelepas grimaldii (Aurivillius, 1898)
  • Scillaelepas superba (Pilsbry, 1907)

References
  1. WoRMS. "Scillaelepas Seguenza, 1872". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  2. Cothran, Rickey (January 22, 2020). Reproductive Biology:The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-068856-1.
  3. Luisa, Bozzano (September 28, 1982). The Biology of Crustacea. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-323-13925-0.
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