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taxon links Not Monophyletic[down<--]Thecostraca Interpreting the tree
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Classification after Martin & Davis 2001.
Containing group: Thecostraca

References

Anderson, D. T. 1994. Barnacles. Structure, Function, Development, and Evolution. Chapman & Hall, London.

Glenner, H., M. J. Grygier, J. T. Høeg, P. G. Jensen, and F. R. Schram. 1995. Cladistic analysis of the Cirripedia Thoracica (Crustacea: Thecostraca). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 114: 365-404.

Harris, D. J., L. S. Maxson, L. F. Braithwaite, and K. A. Crandall. 2000. Phylogeny of the thoracican barnacles based on 18S rDNA sequences.  Journal of Crustacean Biology 20:393-398.

Høeg, J. T. 1992. The phylogenetic position of the Rhizocephala: Are they truly barnacles? Acta Zoologica 73:323-326.

Høeg, J. T. 1995. The biology and life cycle of the Cirripedia Rhizocephala.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 75:517-550.

Høeg, J. T., B. Hosfeld, and P. G. Jensen. 1998. TEM studies of lattice organs of cirripede cypris larvae (Crustacea, Thecostraca, Cirripedia).  Zoomorphology 118:195-205.

Høeg, J. T., M. A. Whyte, H. Glenner, and F. R. Schram. 1999. New evidence on the basic phylogeny of the Cirripedia Thoracica. Pages 101-114 in Crustaceans and the Biodiversity Crisis. Proceedings of the Fourth International Crustacean Congress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 20-24, 1998, Vol. I. F. R. Schram and J. C. von Vaupel Klein, eds. Brill, Leiden.

Martin, J. W. and G. E. Davis. 2001. An updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 39. Los Angeles, CA.

Mouchel-Viehl, E., C. Rigolot, J.-M. Gibert, and J. S. Deutsch. 1998. Molecules and the body plan; The Hox genes of cirripedes (Crustacea).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9:382-389.

Pérez-Losada, M., J. T. Høeg, G. A. Kolbasov, and K. A. Crandall. 2002. Reanalysis of the relationships among the Cirripedia and the Ascothoracida and the phylogenetic position of the Facetotecta (Maxillopoda: Thecostraca) using 18S rDNA sequences. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:661-669.

Perl-Treves, R., L. Mizrahi, D. J. Katcoff, and Y. Achituv. 2000. E lucidation of the phylogenetic relationship of three thecostracans, Verruca, Paralepas, and Dendrogaster based on 18S rDNA sequence. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20:385-392.

Schram, F. R. and Høeg, J. T., eds. 1995. New Frontiers in Barnacle Evolution. Crustacean Issues, vol. 10. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Spears, T., L. G. Abele, and M. A. Applegate. 1994. A phylogenetic study of cirripeds and their relatives (Crustacea Thecostraca).  Journal of Crustacean Biology 14:641-656.

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Scientific Name Chthamalus stellatus
Location near the upper shoreline, Lundy Island, UK
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Size Max shell length about 10mm
Source Image:Chthalamus stellatus.JPG
Source Collection Wikimedia Commons
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © MichaelMaggs
Scientific Name Lepas anatifera
Location North Carolina
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Behavior filter-feeding
Source Pelagic goosneck barnacle
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2008 Patrick Coin
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