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Also known as Cirripedia
Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar nauplius larvae. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebrates; many species live in shallow and tidal waters. Some 2,100 species have been described.
Barnacles are small marine animals related to crabs and lobsters that live attached to rocks, ships, and other surfaces in ocean waters around the world. They matter because they are abundant in coastal ecosystems, can affect human infrastructure like ships and docks, and provide insights into ocean life as one of about 2,100 known species in this group.
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Species
barnacles
Subclass
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassThecostraca
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thecostraca
- Image
- Pouces-pieds Quiberon.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cirripedia
- taxon name
- Cirripedia
- topic's main category
- Category:Barnacles
- taxon rank
- subclass
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon common name
- vitičnjaki
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Article · 日本語
蔓脚類（まんきゃくるい／つるあしるい、学名: Cirripedia）は、甲殻類に属す動物群。分類学上は蔓脚下綱とされる。フジツボ下綱とも呼ばれ、広い意味でのフジツボに相当の分類群であるが、通常フジツボと呼ばれるのはその一部でしかなく、形態的には様々である。2019年9月には約1,220種が知られる。
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