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

Ascothoracida Lacaze-Duthiers, 1880

Rank: Subclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dendrogastrida Grygier, 1987
Laurida Grygier, 1987

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 嚢胸下綱

Literature

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	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Pérez-Losada, M.; Crandall, K. A.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2002). Reanalysis of the Relationships among the Cirripedia and the Ascothoracida and the Phylogenetic Position of the Facetotecta (Maxillopoda: Thecostraca) Using 18S rDNA Sequences. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22(3): 661-669.
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

Grygier, M.J. (2025). World Ascothoracida Database. Ascothoracida. 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:22559