- Thoracica
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image_caption = "Semibalanus balanoides "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum = Crustacea
classis =Maxillopoda
subclassis =Thecostraca
infraclassis = Cirripedia
superordo = Thoracica
superordo_authority = Darwin, 1854
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =Sessilia Pedunculata Thoracica is a
superorder ofcrustacea ns which contains the most familiar species ofbarnacle s found on rockycoast s, 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
* OrderPedunculata Lamarck, 1818
** SuborderHeteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
***Anelasmatidae Gruvel, 1905
***Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
***Koleolepadidae Hiro, 1933
***Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937
***Microlepadidae Zevina, 1980
***Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980
** SuborderIblomorpha Newman, 1987
***Iblidae Leach, 1825
** SuborderLepadomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
***Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
***Oxynaspididae Gruvel, 1905
***Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909
** SuborderScalpellomorpha Newman, 1987
***Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
***Lithotryidae Gruvel, 1905
***Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817
***Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907
* OrderSessilia Lamarck, 1818
** SuborderBrachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923
***Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995
** SuborderVerrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
***Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989
***Verrucidae Darwin, 1854
** SuborderBalanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
*** SuperfamilyChionelasmatoidea Buckeridge, 1983
****Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
*** SuperfamilyPachylasmatoidea Utinomi, 1968
****Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
*** SuperfamilyChthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
****Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
****Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
*** SuperfamilyCoronuloidea Leach, 1817
****Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916
****Coronulidae Leach, 1817
****Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976
*** SuperfamilyTetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903
****Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
****Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
*** SuperfamilyBalanoidea Leach, 1817
****Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
****Balanidae Leach, 1817
****Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825References
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