Pachylasmatidae is a family of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are about 10 genera and at least 30 described species in Pachylasmatidae.[1][2]
| Pachylasmatidae | |
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| Pachylasma ovatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Infraclass: | Thoracica |
| Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
| (unranked): | Sessilia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chthamaloidea |
| Family: | Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968 |
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Genera edit
These genera belong to the family Pachylasmatidae:
- Atetrapachylasma Newman & Jones, 2011
- Eolasma Buckeridge, 1983
- Eurylasma Jones, 2000
- Eutomolasma Jones, 2000
- Metalasma Jones, 2000
- Microlasma Jones, 2000
- Neoeolasma Gale, 2020
- Pachylasma Darwin, 1854
- Pseudoctomeris Poltarukha, 1996
- Tetrapachylasma Foster, 1988
References edit
- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Pachylasmatidae". 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.