Malacolepadidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Malacolepadidae
Genera (2): Arcalepas – Malacolepas
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937: 407
Original status: valid subfamily
Type genus: Malacolepas Hiro, 1933: 234

References

Hiro, F. 1937: Studies on cirripedian fauna of Japan. II. Cirripeds found in the vicinity of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University., Series B 12(3)(17): 385–478. Reference page. [See p. 407, as Malacolepadinae]

Malacolepadidae is a family of acorn barnacles in the order Scalpellomorpha. There are at least two genera and two described species in Malacolepadidae.[1][2]
Genera

These genera belong to the family Malacolepadidae:

Arcalepas Jones & Morton, 2009
Malacolepas Hiro, 1933

References

"World Register of Marine Species, family Malacolepadidae". Retrieved 2021-08-26.
Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160.