Cirripedia

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Translingual

Semibalanus balanoides

Etymology

From Latin cirrus (fringe) + pes (foot).

Proper noun

Cirripedia

  1. Barnacles
    1. A taxonomic infraclass within the class Maxillopoda.[1]
    2. A taxonomic subclass within the class Thecostraca.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI