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Verruca (crustacean)

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Verruca
Verruca stroemia, Northern Ireland
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Verrucomorpha
Family: Verrucidae
Genus: Verruca
Schumacher, 1817

Verruca is a genus of asymmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Verrucidae. There are about 20 described species in Verruca, around half of them extinct.[1][2][3]

Species

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These species belong to the genus Verruca:

References

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  1. ^ "Verruca". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, genus Verruca". Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ^ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
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