In the past, Lernaeodiscidae has been considered a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
barnacle
Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass (taxonomy), subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacean, Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar Nauplius (larva), nauplius larvae. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebra ...
s. Research published in 2021 by Chan et al. resulted in the genera of Lernaeodiscidae being merged with that of
Peltogastridae, which now contains the members of both families. As an exception, the species ''Triangulus galatheae'' was moved to the genus ''Paratriangulus'' in the family Triangulidae.
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See also
Peltogastridae
References
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Barnacles
Obsolete arthropod taxa