Pycnolepas

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: Sessilia
Subordo: Brachylepadomorpha

Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genus: †Pycnolepas
Species (5): P. ignabergensis – P. industriosa – P. landenica – P. rigida – P. scalaris

Nomen dubium (1): P. orientalis
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist taken from Jagt et al., 2007, adjusted by Gale, 2015
Name

Pycnolepas Withers, 1914: 170

Gender: neuter
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Pollicipes rigidus Sowerby, 1836: 335, by original designation
ZooBank: 304B39DE-D1FA-441B-A1E0-CB38430350B3

References

Jagt, J.W.M., Zonova, T.D. & Jagt-Yazykova, E.A. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 1545: 33–47. Paywall Reference page. [See p. 34]
Withers, T.H. 1914: Some Cretaceous and Tertiary cirripedes referred to Pollicipes. Annals and magazine of natural history, ser. 8 14(80): 167-206. BHL Reference page. [See p. 170]