Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Sessilia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Acorn-shells, Acorn shells
Sessilia is an unranked clade of barnacles, comprising the barnacles without stalks, or acorn barnacles. They form a monophyletic group and are probably derived from stalked or goose barnacles. Sessilia is divided into two orders. The Verrucomorpha contain two families, Verrucidae and Neoverrucidae, and the remaining 14 families are in the order Balanomorpha.
Species
無柄目
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderSessilia
Los balanos o picorocos (orden Sessilia), son crustáceos filtradores que viven fijos a superficies duras como rocas en la zona intermareal, a objetos flotantes o a conchas de moluscos.
via GBIF
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- External links
Sessilia is an unranked clade of barnacles, comprising the barnacles without stalks, or acorn barnacles. They form a monophyletic group and are probably derived from stalked or goose barnacles. Sessilia is divided into two orders. The Verrucomorpha contain two families, Verrucidae and Neoverrucidae, and the remaining 14 families are in the order Balanomorpha.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sessilia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.