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Scalpellomorpha

crustacean
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Scalpellomorpha is an order within the superorder Thoracica, which are a type of barnacle. Barnacles are highly modified, sedentary marine crustaceans that typically possess a calcareous shell made of articulated plates. They are distinguished from other crustaceans by their sedentary adult stage and feeding method using feathery appendages called cirri.123

The Thoracica superorder includes barnacles with a conspicuous calcareous exoskeleton. Scalpellomorpha specifically refers to stalked or pedunculate barnacles, characterized by a body divided into a capitulum and a peduncle. These barnacles inhabit diverse marine environments.31

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  1. cirripede - Annotated classification
  2. cirripede - Diversity and distribution
  3. crustacean - General features
  4. Scincomorpha
  5. malacostracan - Size range and diversity of structure
  6. Scalopus
  7. scalpellum
  8. malacostracan - Importance to ecology and to humans
  9. Scalariidae

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