Rhizolepadidae Zevina 1980
- Dataset
- The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Thecostraca
- order
- Scalpellomorpha
- family
- Rhizolepadidae
diagnosis
Diagnosis: Parasitic on polychaetes; without shell plates; cirri reduced and non-functional; a gut exists but is non-functional; the peduncle extends as a ramified, nutrient-absorbing root system into the host.
Name
- Homonyms
- Rhizolepadidae Zevina 1980