Humboldt Life

Genus

Tetraclita

Tetraclita rubescens

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

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Tetraclita is a genus of sessile barnacles in the family Tetraclitidae. There are more than 20 described species in Tetraclita.

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
        Species: Tetraclita rubescens (Pink volcano barnacle)

Subtaxa

Species: Tetraclita rubescens (Pink volcano barnacle)

Tetraclita rubescens

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