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Rhizocephala are
derived barnacles that are
parasitic castrators.
Their hosts are
mostly decapod crustaceans, but
include Peracarida,
mantis shrimps and...
- sessile; most are
suspension feeders with hard
calcareous s****, but the
Rhizocephala are
specialized parasites of
other crustaceans, with
reduced bodies....
- that is a
parasitic castrator of crabs. They
belong to a
group called Rhizocephala. The
adults bear no
resemblance to the
barnacles that
cover ships, whales...
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position for male
emergence (in case of males).
Members of the
order Rhizocephala such as
Sacculina carcini alter male hosts'
hormonal balance, to encourage...
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Rhizocephala. A–H, life
cycle stages and
larval morphology of
selected Rhizocephala. A,
Nauplius larva of
Sacculina carcini. B, Male
cyprid of S. carcini...
- pseudozoea, zoea, postlarva, cypris,
primary larva,
mysis Decapoda: zoea
Rhizocephala:
kentrogon Insecta:
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
caterpillar Insecta:...
- are
terrestrial (e.g. woodlice, sandhoppers), some are
parasitic (e.g.
Rhizocephala, fish lice,
tongue worms) and some are
sessile (e.g. barnacles). The...
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generally are not free-living). This is
taken to the
logical extreme in the
Rhizocephala crustaceans, like the Sacculina,
where the male
injects itself into the...
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Kentrogonida was
formerly a
suborder of
barnacles belonging to the
group Rhizocephala, now an infraclass. In
research published by Chan et al. in 2021, the...
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parasitic and
highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The
Sacculinidae is one of the two
larger families of
Rhizocephala,
containing six genera: Drepanorchis...
