The Sacculinidae are a family of barnacles belonging to the bizarre parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Sacculinidae is one of the two larger families of Rhizocephala, containing six genera:[1][2]
The Sacculinidae are a family of barnacles belonging to the bizarre parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Sacculinidae is one of the two larger families of Rhizocephala, containing six genera:
Drepanorchis Boschma, 1927 Heterosaccus Smith, 1906 Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928 Ptychascus Boschma, 1933 Sacculina Thompson, 1836 Sesarmaxenos Annandale, 1911
