Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Thecostraca > Subclass Cirripedia > Infraclass Rhizocephala

Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1861

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Drepanorchis Boschma, 1927
Heterosaccus Smith, 1906
Sacculina Thompson, 1836

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フクロムシ科

Literature

original description	Lilljeborg, W. (1861). Supplément au mémoire sur les genres Liriope et Peltogaster, H. Rathke. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Seriei Tertiae. 3: 74-102, pl. 6.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Cirripedia - parasitic Rhizocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 283-284
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
taxonomy source	Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1861. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134764