Peltogastridae
Peltogaster senegalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Rhizocephala
Family: Peltogastridae
Lilljeborg, 1861

The Peltogastridae are a family of barnacles belonging to the bizarre parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Peltogastridae are by far the largest family of Rhizocephala. They comprise 14 genera, 3 of which (Lernaeodiscus, Septodiscus, and Triangulus) were moved from the family Lernaeodiscidae.[1][2]

Genera

These genera belong to the family Peltogastridae:[1][2]

  • Briarosaccus Boschma, 1930
  • Dipterosaccus Van Kampen & Boschma, 1925
  • Galatheascus Boschma, 1929
  • Lernaeodiscus Müller, 1862
  • Ommatogaster Yoshida & Osawa, 2011
  • Paratriangulus Høeg & Glenner, 2019
  • Peltogaster Rathke, 1842
  • Pterogaster Van Baal, 1937
  • Septodiscus Van Baal, 1937
  • Septosaccus Duboscq, 1912
  • Temnascus Boschma, 1951
  • Tortugaster Reinhard, 1948
  • Trachelosaccus Boschma, 1928
  • Triangulopsis Guérin-Ganivet, 1911

References

  1. 1 2 "World Register of Marine Species, family Peltogastridae". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  2. 1 2 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.


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