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Preferred term

Thoracica  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Barnacle
  • Barnacles

Scope note

  • A superorder of marine CRUSTACEA, free swimming in the larval state, but permanently fixed as adults. There are some 800 described species, grouped in several genera, and comprising of two major orders of barnacles: stalked (Pedunculata) and sessile (Sessilia).

History note

  • 2003 (1972)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001468

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