Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Infraclass Cirripedia Rank Subfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Class Maxillopoda Order Sessilia | |
Similar Notochthamalus, Conchoderma, Lepadidae, Chthamalus, Megabalanus | ||
The subfamily Euraphiinae was erected by Newman & Ross36 to formalize the "Group of Chthamalus hembeli of Nilsson-Cantell. As originally used in Newman & Ross, it comprised the genera Euraphia and Octomeris. In 1996, Poltarukha revised the subfamily Notochthamalinaea, and removed Octomeris to that position. In 1997 and 2000, he revised the Euraphiinae. There have been no further revisions.
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Definition and Discussion
Euraphine barnacles have a shell wall of 6 plates, with membraneous basis, rarely calcareous. Plate sutures are often coarsely serrated. In contrast to most other chthamalids, the scutum is higher than wide. The mandible is tridentate, and caudal appendages are usually lacking.
Identification Key to Genera of Euraphiinae
Habitat and Geographic Distribution
The subfamily is found circumtropically in the littoral and upper littoral zones.