Scalpellomorpha | |
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Pollicipes pollicipes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Thoracica |
Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
Order: | Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006 |
Synonyms | |
Scalpelliformes Buckeridge & Newman, 2006 |
Scalpellomorpha is an order of acorn barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are about 11 families in 3 superfamilies and more than 450 described species in Scalpellomorpha.[1][2]