Taxobox | name = Thoracica
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Semibalanus balanoides"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Maxillopoda
subclassis = Thecostraca
infraclassis = Cirripedia
superordo = Thoracica
superordo_authority = Darwin, 1854
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
Sessilia
Pedunculata
Thoracica is a superorder of crustaceans which contains the most familiar species of barnacles found on rocky coasts, such as "Semibalanus balanoides" and "Chthamalus stellatus".
Classification
This article follows Martin and Davis in placing Thoracica as a superorder of Cirripedia and in the following classification of thoracicans down to the level of families:[cite book|author = Joel W. Martin and George E. Davis|title = [http://www.nhm.org/research/publications/CrustaceaClassification.pdf An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea] |year = 2001|publisher = Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County] ]Superorder Thoracica Darwin, 1854
* Order Pedunculata Lamarck, 1818
** Suborder Heteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
*** Anelasmatidae Gruvel, 1905
*** Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
*** Koleolepadidae Hiro, 1933
*** Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937
*** Microlepadidae Zevina, 1980
*** Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980
** Suborder Iblomorpha Newman, 1987
*** Iblidae Leach, 1825
** Suborder Lepadomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
*** Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
*** Oxynaspididae Gruvel, 1905
*** Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909
** Suborder Scalpellomorpha Newman, 1987
*** Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
*** Lithotryidae Gruvel, 1905
*** Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817
*** Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907
* Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818
** Suborder Brachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923
*** Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995
** Suborder Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
*** Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989
*** Verrucidae Darwin, 1854
** Suborder Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
*** Superfamily Chionelasmatoidea Buckeridge, 1983
**** Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
*** Superfamily Pachylasmatoidea Utinomi, 1968
**** Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
*** Superfamily Chthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
**** Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
**** Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
*** Superfamily Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
**** Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916
**** Coronulidae Leach, 1817
**** Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976
*** Superfamily Tetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903
**** Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
**** Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
*** Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
**** Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
**** Balanidae Leach, 1817
**** Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825
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