Clistosaccidae is a family of parasitic barnacles belonging to the bizarre and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala, which is part of the barnacle subclass Cirripedia.[2][3]
The family contains two genera:[1]
Clistosaccus Lilljeborg, 1861
Sylon M. Sars, 1870
^ abcBoyko, Christopher B. (2015). "Clistosaccidae Boschma, 1928". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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Clistosaccidae is a family of parasitic barnacles belonging to the bizarre and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala, which is part of the barnacle...
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