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

Sacculina inflata Leuckart, 1859

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sacculina*	Thompson, 1836	accepted genus name
*Sacculinidia*	Hesse, 1867	synonym

Species group names

*Sacculina triangularis*	Anderson, 1862	synonym

Literature

original description	Leuckart, R. (1859). Carcinologisches. Einige bemerkungen über Sacculina Thomps. [Carcinological. Some remarks on Sacculina Thomps.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 25(1):232-266, pls. 6-7.
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	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
source of synonymy	Boschma, H. (1931). On the identity of Sacculina triangularis and Sacculina inflata. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburg. 51: 64-70.
source of synonymy	Boschma, H. (1955). The described species of the family Sacculinidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 27: 1-76.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Sacculina inflata Leuckart, 1859. 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:134808