| Catolasmus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Catophragmidae |
| Genus: | Catolasmus Ross & Newman, 2001[1] |
| Species: | C. pilsbryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Catolasmus pilsbryi Broch, 1922
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| Synonyms | |
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Catophragmus pilsbryi Broch, 1922 | |
Catolasmus is one of two monotypic Catophragmid acorn barnacle genera recognized in the Northern Hemisphere. It is easily identified by its prominent whorls of imbricating plates surrounding the main wall plates. It is quite large, attaining 55 mm diameter. Catolasmus represents one of the relictual lineages of the basal balanomorph radiation.
- ^ Ross, A.; W. A. Newman (2001). "The Catophragmidae: members of the basal balanomorph radiation". Sessile Organisms. 18 (2): 77–91. doi:10.4282/sosj.18.77.