Family

Tetraclitidae

Tetraclita rubescens. Photo: (c) Julia Markey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Tetraclitidae is a family of sessile barnacles in the order Sessilia. There are about 10 genera and more than 60 described species in Tetraclitidae.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Hexanauplia (Barnacles and copepods)
        Subclass: Thecostraca (Barnacles and allies)
        Infraclass: Cirripedia (Barnacles)
        Subterclass: Thoracica (Normal barnacles)
        Superorder: Thoracicalcarea (Thoracican barnacles)
        Order: Balanomorpha (Symmetrical sessile barnacles)
        Superfamily: Coronuloidea
        Family: Tetraclitidae
        Genus: Tetraclita (1)

Subtaxa

Genus: Tetraclita

Where in Humboldt

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