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Species
Crab-hacker barnacle
Genus
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassThecostraca
- FamilySacculinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations110
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 352
- With media
- 261
- Family
- Sacculinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SIO, USNM, CAS, NHMUK, YPM
- Recorded in
- Belgium, United States, Indonesia, Tonga, Mexico, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Habitat
- Anatomy
- Life cycle
- Life span
- Biological control agents
- Species
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thumb|Sacculina
Sacculina is a genus of barnacles that is a parasitic castrator of crabs. They belong to a group called Rhizocephala. The adults bear no resemblance to the barnacles that cover ships, whales, and piers; they are recognised as barnacles because their larval forms are like other members of the barnacle class Cirripedia. The prevalence of this crustacean parasite in its crab host can be as high as 50%.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sacculina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.