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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 and...
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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...
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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...
- 2009
Order Cryptophialida Kolbasov,
Newman & Hoeg, 2009
Infraclass Rhizocephala Müller, 1862
Infraclass Thoracica Darwin, 1854
Superorder Phosphatothoracica...
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algae species.
Compared to
other crustacean groups, such as the Isopoda,
Rhizocephala or Copepoda,
relatively few
amphipods are
parasitic on
other animals...
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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...
- 750–2,000 m (5,740–6,560 ft). They are
known to be
parasitized by the
Rhizocephala species Briarosaccus callosus. Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023)...
- are
terrestrial (e.g. woodlice, sandhoppers), some are
parasitic (e.g.
Rhizocephala, fish lice,
tongue worms) and some are
sessile (e.g. barnacles). The...
