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Class Cirripedia


Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa
Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria
Metaphylum Schizocoelos Coelomates
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea

Class Cirripedia

Barnacles are marine, sessile crustaceans, having a bivalved shell typically covered with calcareous plates. Latin: cirrus, curl + Greek: pous, foot. (Dorit et al, 1991)