Anelasma | |
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Two Anelasma attached to the lanternshark Etmopterus compagnoi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Order: | Pollicipedomorpha |
Family: | Pollicipedidae |
Genus: | Anelasma Darwin, 1851 |
Species: | A. squalicola
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Binomial name | |
Anelasma squalicola Darwin, 1851
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Synonyms | |
Alepas squalicola Lovén, 1844 |
Anelasma is a monotypic genus of goose barnacles that live as parasites on various shark hosts.