Thoracicalcarea

Thoracicalcarea
	Balanus glandula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Infraclass:	Thoracica
Superorder:	Thoracicalcarea; Gale, 2015
Orders
	Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916; Calanticomorpha Chan et al., 2021; Pollicipedomorpha Chan et al., 2021; Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006; Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916; †Archaeolepadomorpha Chan et al., 2021; †Brachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923;

Thoracicalcarea is a monophyletic^[2] superorder of barnacles in the infraclass Thoracica.^[1] It contains seven orders, four extant (Balanomorpha, Calanticomorpha, Pollicipedomorpha, Scalpellomorpha, and Verrucomorpha) and two extinct (Archaeolepadomorpha and Brachylepadomorpha).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Thoracicalcarea Gale, 2015". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
^ Chan, Benny K K; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S; Glenner, Henrik; Ewers-Saucedo, Christine; Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Kolbasov, Gregory A; Crandall, Keith A; Høeg, Jens T (26 October 2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160.