Cryptolepas | |
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Cryptolepas rhachianecti on a Baja California gray whale | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Order: | Balanomorpha |
Family: | Coronulidae |
Genus: | Cryptolepas Dall, 1872 |
Cryptolepas is a genus of whale barnacles in the family Coronulidae. There are two described species in Cryptolepas, one of which is extinct.[1][2]