The Peltogastridae are a family of barnacles belonging to the 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.
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The Peltogastridae are a family of barnacles belonging to the 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.
==Genera== These genera belong to the family Peltogastridae: 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
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