Phosphatothoracica

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Phosphatothoracica
Ibla quadrivalvis
Ibla quadrivalvis
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Phosphatothoracica
Gale, 2019[1]
Orders[1]

Phosphatothoracica is a paraphyletic[2] superorder of barnacles in the infraclass Thoracica.[1] It contains one extant order, Iblomorpha, as well as the extinct order Eolepadomorpha.[1]

References

  1. "Phosphatothoracica Gale, 2019". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  2. Chan, Benny K K; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S; Glenner, Henrik; Ewers-Saucedo, Christine; Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Kolbasov, Gregory A; Crandall, Keith A; Høeg, Jens T (26 October 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.