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Tetraclitidae

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Tetraclitidae is a family of sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are about 10 genera and more than 50 described species in Tetraclitidae.[1][2]

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Tetraclitidae
Pink barnacle, Tetraclita squamosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Coronuloidea
Family: Tetraclitidae
Gruvel 1903
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Genera

These 10 genera belong to the family Tetraclitidae:

  • Astroclita Ren & Liu, 1979
  • Epopella Ross, 1970
  • Lissaclita Gomez-Daglio & Van Syoc, 2006
  • Neonrosella Jones, 2010
  • Newmanella Ross, 1969
  • Tesseropora Pilsbry, 1916
  • Tetraclita Schumacher, 1817
  • Tetraclitella Hiro, 1939
  • Yamaguchiella Ross & Perreault, 1999
  • Tesseroplax Ross, 1969

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