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Thoracica
Thoracica (typical barnacles; subphylum Crustacea, class Cirripedia) The familiar barnacles, with a mantle usually covered with calcareous plates, and with six pairs of well-developed, thoracic feeding appendages (cirri). The group includes the suborders Lepadomorpha (stalked or pedunculate barnacles), Verrucomorpha (asymmetrical sessile barnacles), and Balanomorpha (symmetrical sessile barnacles).
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "Thoracica." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "Thoracica." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Thoracica.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "Thoracica." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Thoracica.html |
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Thoracica
Thoracica See CIRRIPEDIA.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Thoracica." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Thoracica." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Thoracica.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Thoracica." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Thoracica.html |
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