Sacculinidae

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: Rhizocephala

Familia: Sacculinidae
Genera: Drepanorchis - Heterosaccus - Loxothylacus - Ptychascus - Sacculina - Sesarmaxenos
Name

Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1861ː 96
Type genusː Sacculina Thompson, 1836
ZooBank: A65B8F67-AAF2-4AC6-9FB2-6898B306B847

References

Lilljeborg, W. 1861. Supplément au mémoire sur les genres Liriope et Peltogaster, H. Rathke. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Seriei Tertiae. 3: 74-102. Open access BHL Reference page. [See p. 96, original designation]

Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 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 Open access Reference page. [See p. 38, discussion, list of genera]
Høeg, J.T., Noever, C., Rees, D.J., Crandall, K. & Glenner, H. 2020. A new molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of parasitic barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 632–653. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz140 Open access pdf Reference page. [See p. 643, discussion]

Links

BHL bibliography
Sacculinidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sacculinidae.
ION
Sacculinidae in the World Register of Marine Species

The Sacculinidae are a family of barnacles belonging to the bizarre parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Sacculinidae is one of the two larger families of Rhizocephala, containing six genera:[1][2]

Drepanorchis Boschma, 1927
Heterosaccus Smith, 1906
Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928
Ptychascus Boschma, 1933
Sacculina Thompson, 1836
Sesarmaxenos Annandale, 1911

References

"World Register of Marine Species, family Sacculinidae". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160.