Ibla is a genus of barnacle.[1] In 1848, Charles Darwin studied the genus and found species with hermaphrodites and tiny males.[2] In this genus the number androdioecious species is uncertain because some authors use the words female and hermaphrodite interchangeably.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Iblomorpha |
| Family: | Iblidae |
| Subfamily: | Iblinae Leach, 1825 |
| Genus: | Ibla Leach, 1825 |
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Species edit
Species in this genus include:[4]
References edit
- ^ "Ibla" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Darwin, Charles; Burkhardt, Frederick; Smith, Sydney (1985). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850. Cambridge University Press. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-0-521-25590-5.
- ^ Cothran, Rickey; Thiel, Martin (2020-01-22). Reproductive Biology: The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6. Oxford University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-19-068856-1.
- ^ WoRMS (2021). "Ibla". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- Leach, M.D. (1825). XXIII. A tabular view of the Genera composing the Class Cirripedes, with Descriptions of the Species of Otion, Cineras, and Clyptra. The Zoological journal. 2: 208-215. page(s): 209 cited in WoRMS http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205861
- WoRMS (2021). Ibla Leach, 1825. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205861