Pachylasmatidae is a family of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are about 10 genera and at least 30 described species in Pachylasmatidae.[1][2]

Pachylasmatidae
Pachylasma ovatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Thoracicalcarea
(unranked): Sessilia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Chthamaloidea
Family: Pachylasmatidae
Utinomi, 1968
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Genera

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These genera belong to the family Pachylasmatidae:

References

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  1. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Pachylasmatidae". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.