Thompsonia (barnacle)

Taxobox
name = "Thompsonia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Maxillopoda
subclassis = Thecostraca
infraclassis = Cirripedia
superordo = Rhizocephala
ordo = Akentrogonida
familia = Thompsonidae
genus = "Thompsonia"

"Thompsonia" is a genus of barnacle which has evolved into an endoparasite on crabs. It spreads through the crab's body as a network of threads. It makes many egg capsules which emerge through joints in the crab's shell.

External links

* [http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildshores/crustacea/othercrust/ciriipedia/thompsonia.htm "Thompsonia" at Wild Singapore]