Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Thecostraca > Subclass Cirripedia > Infraclass Rhizocephala > Family Sacculinidae

Sacculina Thompson, 1836

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sacculinidia*	Hesse, 1867	synonym

Children

Sacculina atlantica Boschma, 1927
Sacculina bourdoni Boschma, 1960
Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836
Sacculina gerbei Guérin-Ganivet, 1911
Sacculina gonoplaxae Guérin-Ganivet, 1911
Sacculina inflata Leuckart, 1859
Sacculina lobata Boschma, 1965

Literature

original description	Thompson, J. V. (1836). Natural history and metamorphosis of an anomalous crustaceous parasite of Carcinus maenas, the Sacculina carcini. The Entomological Magazine. 3: 452-456.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Cirripedia - parasitic Rhizocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 283-284
additional source	Relini, Giulio (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Cirripedia, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
status source	Boschma, H. (1955). The described species of the family Sacculinidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 27: 1-76.
taxonomy source	Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Sacculina Thompson, 1836. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134782