| Sessilia | |
|---|---|
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| Semibalanus balanoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Superorder: | Thoracicalcarea |
| (unranked): | Sessilia Lamarck, 1818[1] |
| Orders[2] | |
Sessilia is an unranked cladeofbarnacles, comprising the barnacles without stalks, or acorn barnacles. They form a monophyletic group and are probably derived from stalked or goose barnacles.[3] Sessilia is divided into two orders. The Verrucomorpha contain two families, Verrucidae and Neoverrucidae, and the remaining 14 families are in the order Balanomorpha.[4][2][5]
Data related to Sessilia at Wikispecies
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