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ERMS taxon details

Rhizocephala

AphiaID

1109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1109)

Classification

Authority

Müller, 1862

Status

accepted

Rank

Infraclass

Parent

Cirripedia

Synonymised names

Akentrogonida · unaccepted

Kentrogonida · unaccepted

Direct children (12)

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Family Chthamalophilidae Bocquet-Védrine, 1961
Family Clistosaccidae Boschma, 1928
Family Duplorbidae Høeg & Rybakov, 1992
Family Parthenopeidae Rybakov & Høeg, 2013
Family Peltogasterellidae Høeg & Glenner in Høeg, Noever, Rees, Crandall & Glenner, 2019
Family Peltogastridae Lilljeborg, 1861
Family Polysaccidae Lützen & Takahashi, 1996
Family Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1861
Family Triangulidae Høeg & Glenner in Høeg, Noever, Rees, Crandall & Glenner, 2019
Order Akentrogonida accepted as Rhizocephala
Order Kentrogonida accepted as Rhizocephala
Family Lernaeodiscidae Boschma, 1928 accepted as Peltogastridae Lilljeborg, 1861

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Müller, F. (1862). Die rhizocephalen, eine neue gruppe schmarotzender kruster. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 28: 1-9, pl. 1. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Rhizocephala. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1109 on 2025-05-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Rhizocephala. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1109 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2005-05-03 07:34:09Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-05-04 08:48:01Z

checked

Boxshall, Geoff

2016-01-16 15:16:53Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2021-04-27 12:51:47Z

changed

Crandall, Keith A.

Licensing

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original description Müller, F. (1862). Die rhizocephalen, eine neue gruppe schmarotzender kruster. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 28: 1-9, pl. 1. [details]

original description (of Akentrogonida) Häfele, F. (1911). Notizen über phylogenetisch interessanten Rhizocephalen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 38: 180-185. [details]

original description (of Kentrogonida) Delage, Y. (1884). Evolution de la sacculine (Sacculina carcini Thomps.) crustacé endoparasite de l'ordre nouveau des Kentrogonides. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, 2nd sér. 2: 417-736, pls. 22-30. [details]

taxonomy source Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details]

basis of record Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors