Cirripedia

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Taxonavigation

Kingdom: Animalia

Sub Kingdom: Eumetazoa

Super Phylum: Protostomia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Sub Phylum: Crustacea

Class: Maxillopoda

Sub Class: Thecostraca

Infra Class: Cirripedia

Super Order: Acrothoracica - Rhizocephala - Thoracica

Introduction

Commonly called Barnacles. Some can live within coral colonies, with species such as Acropora spp., Galaxea spp., Montipora spp. and Porites spp. Does no harm to the coral, which will grow around where the barnacle reaches out in the water column to feed.