Euraphia hembeli
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| Euraphia hembeli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Family: | Chthamalidae |
| Genus: | Euraphia |
| Species: | E. hembeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Euraphia hembeli Conrad, 1837 | |
Euraphia hembeli is a species of star barnacles in the family Chthamalidae.[1] It was first described by Timothy Abbott Conrad in 1837. The species occurs throughout the Indo-Pacific, including the Cocos Islands and Pitcairn Islands, and has also been recorded in the Andaman Sea, the Malay Archipelago, and the Hawaiian Islands.[2]