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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Iblomorpha |
| Family: | Iblidae |
| Subfamily: | Iblinae Leach, 1825 |
| Genus: | Ibla Leach, 1825 |
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Ibla is a genus of barnacle.[1] In 1848, Charles Darwin studied the genus and found species with hermaphrodites and tiny males.[2] In this genus the number androdioecious species is uncertain because some authors use the words female and hermaphrodite interchangeably.[3]
- ^ "Ibla". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ Darwin, Charles; Burkhardt, Frederick; Smith, Sydney (1985). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850. Cambridge University Press. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-0-521-25590-5.
- ^ Cothran, Rickey; Thiel, Martin (2020-01-22). Reproductive Biology: The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6. Oxford University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-19-068856-1.