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Cirripedia (subclass)


Identification code: 300250261



Alternative term/s

  • barnacle
  • barnacles
  • Cirripeda
  • cirripedes
  • cirripeds

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Scope note:

Members of a subclass containing around 1,220 species of arthropod that go through several distinct swimming stages as plankton, then usually fix themselves to a rocky or other hard submerged surface as adults, having a hard shell and feeding by reaching into the water with modified legs. Classified as an infraclass in some systems.

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