Verrucomorpha | |
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Altiverruca nitida, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Thoracica |
Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
(unranked): | Sessilia |
Order: | Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 |
Verrucomorpha is an order of asymmetrical sessile barnacles in the class Thecostraca. They are typically found in deeper and deep-sea habitats. There are 2 families and more than 100 described species in Verrucomorpha.[1][2]