Chthamalophilidae is a family of
barnacle
A barnacle is a type of arthropod constituting the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive ...
s belonging to the infraclass
Rhizocephala
Rhizocephala are derived barnacles that parasitise mostly decapod crustaceans, but can also infest Peracarida, mantis shrimps and thoracican barnacles, and are found from the deep ocean to freshwater. Together with their sister groups Thoraci ...
.
[
Genera:][
* '' Bocquetia'' Pawlik, 1987
* '' Boschmaella'' Bocquet-Védrine, 1968
* '' Chthamalophilus'' Bocquet-Védrine, 1957
]
References
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Barnacles
Crustacean families