Thompsonia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
Family: | Thompsoniidae |
Genus: |
Thompsonia Kossmann, 1872 |
Type species | |
Thompsonia globosa Kossmann, 1872
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Thompsonia is a genus of barnacles which has evolved into an endoparasite of other crustaceans, including crabs and snapping shrimp. [1] It spreads through the host's body as a network of threads, and produces many egg capsules which emerge through joints in the host's shell. [2]
The first scientific description of the genus was Robby Kossmann's description in 1872 of Thompsonia globosa. [3] [4] Kossmann named the genus after John Vaughan Thompson, the Irish naturalist who had recognised the cirripedian affinities of the Rhizocephala. [3] The type specimens had been collected by Georg Semper in the East Indies, on the legs of the crab Lybia tessellata. [3] Eleven species are now recognised: [5]
Thompsonia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Thecostraca |
Subclass: | Cirripedia |
Infraclass: | Rhizocephala |
Family: | Thompsoniidae |
Genus: |
Thompsonia Kossmann, 1872 |
Type species | |
Thompsonia globosa Kossmann, 1872
|
Thompsonia is a genus of barnacles which has evolved into an endoparasite of other crustaceans, including crabs and snapping shrimp. [1] It spreads through the host's body as a network of threads, and produces many egg capsules which emerge through joints in the host's shell. [2]
The first scientific description of the genus was Robby Kossmann's description in 1872 of Thompsonia globosa. [3] [4] Kossmann named the genus after John Vaughan Thompson, the Irish naturalist who had recognised the cirripedian affinities of the Rhizocephala. [3] The type specimens had been collected by Georg Semper in the East Indies, on the legs of the crab Lybia tessellata. [3] Eleven species are now recognised: [5]