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Dahl, 1956
Goose
Barnacle....Brown
Buckshot Barnacle
The diverse class Maxillopoda includes the following higher taxa:
Subclass Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905
Infraclass Facetotecta Grygier, 1985
Infraclass Ascothoracida Lacaze-Duthiers, 1880
Order Laurida Grygier, 1987
Family Lauridae Gruvel, 1905
Family Petrarcidae Gruvel, 1905
Family Synagogidae Gruvel, 1905
Order Dendrogastrida Grygier, 1987
Family Ascothoracidae Grygier, 1987
Family Ctenosculidae Thiele, 1925
Family Dendrogastridae Gruvel, 1905
Infraclass Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834
Superorder Acrothoracica Gruvel, 1905
Order Pygophora Berndt, 1907
Family Cryptophialidae Gerstaecker, 1866
Family Lithoglyptidae Aurivillius, 1892
Order Apygophora Berndt, 1907
Family Trypetesidae Stebbing, 1910
Superorder Rhizocephala Müller, 1862
Order Kentrogonida Delage, 1884
Family Lernaeodiscidae Boschma, 1928
Family Peltogastridae Lilljeborg, 1860
Family Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1860
Order Akentrogonida Ha¨ fele, 1911
Family Chthamalophilidae Bocquet-Ve´drine, 1961
Family Clistosaccidae Boschma, 1928
Family Duplorbidae Høeg & Rybakov, 1992
Family Mycetomorphidae Høeg & Rybakov, 1992
Family Polysaccidae Lu¨ tzen & Takahashi, 1996
Family Thompsoniidae Høeg & Rybakov, 1992
Superorder Thoracica Darwin, 1854
Order Pedunculata Lamarck, 1818
Suborder Heteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
Family Anelasmatidae Gruvel, 1905
Family Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
Family Koleolepadidae Hiro, 1933
Family Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937
Family Microlepadidae Zevina, 1980
Family Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980
Suborder Iblomorpha Newman, 1987
Family Iblidae Leach, 1825
Suborder Lepadomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Family Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
Family Oxynaspididae Gruvel, 1905
Family Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909
Suborder Scalpellomorpha Newman, 1987
Family Calanticidae Zevina, 1978
Family Lithotryidae Gruvel, 1905
Family Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817
Family Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907
Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818
Suborder Brachylepadomorpha Withers, 1923
Family Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995
Suborder Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Family Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989
Family Verrucidae Darwin, 1854
Suborder Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Superfamily Chionelasmatoidea Buckeridge, 1983
Family Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983
Superfamily Pachylasmatoidea Utinomi, 1968
Family Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968
Superfamily Chthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
Family Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968
Family Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
Superfamily Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
Family Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916
Family Coronulidae Leach, 1817
Family Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976
Superfamily Tetraclitoidea Gruvel, 1903
Family Bathylasmatidae Newman & Ross, 1971
Family Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903
Superfamily Balanoidea Leach, 1817
Family Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976
Family Balanidae Leach, 1817
Family Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825
Subclass Tantulocarida Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983
Family Basipodellidae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983
Family Deoterthridae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987
Family Doryphallophoridae Huys, 1991
Family Microdajidae Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987
Family Onceroxenidae Huys, 1991
Subclass Branchiura Thorell, 1864
Order Arguloida Yamaguti, 1963
Family Argulidae Leach, 1819
Subclass Pentastomida Diesing, 1836
Order Cephalobaenida Heymons, 1935
Family Cephalobaenidae Fain, 1961
Family Reighardiidae Heymons, 1935
Order Porocephalida Heymons, 1935
Family Armilliferidae Fain, 1961
Family Diesingidae Fain, 1961
Family Linguatulidae Heymons, 1935
Family Porocephalidae Fain, 1961
Family Sambonidae Fain, 1961
Family Sebekiidae Fain, 1961
Family Subtriquetridae Fain, 1961
Subclass Mystacocarida Pennak & Zinn, 1943
Order Mystacocaridida Pennak & Zinn, 1943
Family Derocheilocarididae Pennak & Zinn, 1943
Subclass Copepoda Milne-Edwards, 1840
Infraclass Progymnoplea Lang, 1948
Order Platycopioida Fosshagen, 1985
Family Platycopiidae Sars, 1911
Infraclass Neocopepoda Huys & Boxshall, 1991
Superorder Gymnoplea Giesbrecht, 1882
Order Calanoida Sars, 1903
Family Acartiidae Sars, 1900
Family Aetideidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Arietellidae Sars, 1902
Family Augaptilidae Sars, 1905
Family Bathypontiidae Brodsky, 1950
Family Boholinidae Fosshagen & Iliffe, 1989
Family Calanidae Dana, 1846
Family Candaciidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Centropagidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Diaixidae Sars, 1902
Family Diaptomidae Baird, 1850
Family Discoidae Gordejeva, 1975
Family Epacteriscidae Fosshagen, 1973
Family Eucalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Euchaetidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Fosshageniidae Sua´rez-Mora´ les & Iliffe, 1996
Family Heterorhabdidae Sars, 1902
Family Hyperbionychidae Ohtsuka, Roe & Boxshall, 1993
Family Lucicutiidae Sars, 1902
Family Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973
Family Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947
Family Mesaiokeratidae Matthews, 1961
Family Metridinidae Sars, 1902
Family Nullosetigeridae Soh, Ohtsuka, Imbayashi & Suh, 1999
Family Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Parapontellidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Parkiidae Ferrari & Markhaseva, 1996
Family Phaennidae Sars, 1902
Family Pontellidae Dana, 1852
Family Pseudocyclopidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Pseudocyclopiidae Sars, 1902
Family Pseudodiaptomidae Sars, 1902
Family Rhincalanidae Geletin, 1976
Family Ridgewayiidae Wilson, 1958
Family Ryocalanidae Andronov, 1974
Family Scolecitrichidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Spinocalanidae Vervoort, 1951
Family Stephidae Sars, 1902
Family Sulcanidae Nicholls, 1945
Family Temoridae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Tharybidae Sars, 1902
Family Tortanidae Sars, 1902
Superorder Podoplea Giesbrecht, 1882
Order Misophrioida Gurney, 1933
Family Misophriidae Brady, 1878
Family Palpophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 2000
Family Speleophriidae Boxshall & Jaume, 2000
Order Cyclopoida Burmeister, 1834
Family Archinotodelphyidae Lang, 1949
Family Ascidicolidae Thorell, 1860
Family Buproridae Thorell, 1859
Family Chordeumiidae Boxshall, 1988
Family Cucumaricolidae Bouligand & Delamare-Deboutteville, 1959
Family Cyclopidae Dana, 1846
Family Cyclopinidae Sars, 1913
Family Fratiidae Ho, Conradi & Lo´ pez-Gonza´ lez, 1998
Family Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879
Family Mantridae Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
Family Notodelphyidae Dana, 1852
Family Oithonidae Dana, 1852
Family Ozmanidae Ho & Thatcher, 1989
Family Speleoithonidae da Rocha & Iliffe, 1991
Family Thaumatopsyllidae Sars, 1913
Order Gelyelloida Huys, 1988
Family Gelyellidae Rouch & Lescher-Moutoue´, 1977
Order Mormonilloida Boxshall, 1979
Family Mormonillidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Order Harpacticoida Sars, 1903
Family Adenopleurellidae Huys, 1990
Family Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Ambunguipedidae Huys, 1990
Family Ameiridae Monard, 1927
Family Ancorabolidae Sars, 1909
Family Argestidae Por, 1986
Family Balaenophilidae Sars, 1910
Family Cancrincolidae Fiers, 1990
Family Canthocamptidae Sars, 1906
Family Canuellidae Lang, 1944
Family Cerviniidae Sars, 1903
Family Chappuisiidae Chappuis, 1940
Family Cletodidae Scott, 1905
Family Cletopsyllidae Huys & Williams, 1989
Family Clytemnestridae Scott, 1909
Family Cristacoxidae Huys, 1990
Family Cylindropsyllidae Sars, 1909
Family Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936
Family Diosaccidae Sars, 1906
Family Ectinosomatidae Sars, 1903
Family Euterpinidae Brian, 1921
Family Hamondiidae Huys, 1990
Family Harpacticidae Dana, 1846
Family Huntemanniidae Por, 1986
Family Laophontidae Scott, 1905
Family Laophontopsidae Huys & Willems, 1989
Family Latiremidae Boz¡ic´, 1969
Family Leptastacidae Lang, 1948
Family Leptopontiidae Lang, 1948
Family Longipediidae Sars, 1903
Family Louriniidae Monard, 1927
Family Metidae Sars, 1910
Family Miraciidae Dana, 1846
Family Neobradyidae Oloffson, 1917
Family Normanellidae Lang, 1944
Family Novocriniidae Huys & Iliffe, 1998
Family Orthopsyllidae Huys, 1990
Family Paramesochridae Lang, 1944
Family Parastenheliidae Lang, 1936
Family Parastenocarididae Chappuis, 1933
Family Peltidiidae Sars, 1904
Family Phyllognathopodidae Gurney, 1932
Family Porcellidiidae Boeck, 1865
Family Pseudotachidiidae Lang, 1936
Family Rhizothricidae Por, 1986
Family Rotundiclipeidae Huys, 1988
Family Styracothoracidae Huys, 1993
Family Superornatiremidae Huys, 1997
Family Tachidiidae Boeck, 1865
Family Tegastidae Sars, 1904
Family Tetragonicipitidae Lang, 1944
Family Thalestridae Sars, 1905
Family Thompsonulidae Lang, 1944
Family Tisbidae Stebbing, 1910
Order Poecilostomatoida Thorell, 1859
Family Anchimolgidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996
Family Anomoclausiidae Gotto, 1964
Family Antheacheridae Sars, 1870
Family Anthessiidae Humes, 1986
Family Bomolochidae Sumpf, 1871
Family Catiniidae Bocquet & Stock, 1957
Family Chitonophilidae Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
Family Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840
Family Clausidiidae Embleton, 1901
Family Clausiidae Giesbrecht, 1895
Family Corallovexiidae Stock, 1975
Family Corycaeidae Dana, 1852
Family Echiurophilidae Delamare-Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1955
Family Entobiidae Ho, 1984
Family Erebonasteridae Humes, 1987
Family Ergasilidae von Nordmann, 1832
Family Eunicicolidae Sars, 1918
Family Gastrodelphyidae List, 1889
Family Herpyllobiidae Hansen, 1892
Family Intramolgidae Marchenkov & Boxshall, 1995
Family Kelleriidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996
Family Lamippidae Joliet, 1882
Family Lernaeosoleidae Yamaguti, 1963
Family Lichomolgidae Kossmann, 1877
Family Lubbockiidae Huys & Bo¨ ttger-Schnack, 1997
Family Macrochironidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996
Family Mesoglicolidae de Zulueta, 1911
Family Micrallectidae Huys, 2001
Family Myicolidae Yamaguti, 1936
Family Mytilicolidae Bocquet & Stock, 1957
Family Nereicolidae Claus, 1875
Family Nucellicolidae Lamb, Boxshall, Mill & Grahame, 1996
Family Octopicolidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996
Family Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Family Paralubbockiidae Boxshall & Huys, 1989
Family Pharodidae Illg, 1948
Family Philichthyidae Vogt, 1877
Family Philoblennidae Izawa, 1976
Family Phyllodicolidae Delamare-Deboutteville & Laubier, 1961
Family Polyankylidae Ho & Kim, 1997
Family Pseudanthessiidae Humes & Stock, 1972
Family Rhynchomolgidae Humes & Stock, 1972
Family Sabelliphilidae Gurney, 1927
Family Saccopsidae Lu¨ tzen, 1964
Family Sapphirinidae Thorell, 1860
Family Serpulidicolidae Stock, 1979
Family Shiinoidae Cressey, 1975
Family Spiophanicolidae Ho, 1984
Family Splanchnotrophidae Norman & Scott, 1906
Family Synapticolidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996
Family Synaptiphilidae Bocquet, 1953
Family Taeniacanthidae Wilson, 1911
Family Tegobomolochidae Avdeev, 1978
Family Telsidae Ho, 1967
Family Thamnomolgidae Humes & Boxshall, 1996
Family Tuccidae Vervoort, 1962
Family Urocopiidae Humes & Stock, 1972
Family Vahiniidae Humes, 1967
Family Ventriculinidae Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
Family Xarifiidae Humes, 1960
Family Xenocoelomatidae Bresciani & Lu¨ tzen, 1966
Order Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859
Family Archidactylinidae Izawa, 1996
Family Artotrogidae Brady, 1880
Family Asterocheridae Giesbrecht, 1899
Family Brychiopontiidae Humes, 1974
Family Caligidae Burmeister, 1834
Family Calverocheridae Stock, 1968
Family Cancerillidae Giesbrecht, 1897
Family Cecropidae Dana, 1849
Family Codobidae Boxshall & Ohtsuka, 2001
Family Coralliomyzontidae Humes & Stock, 1991
Family Dichelesthiidae Milne Edwards, 1840
Family Dichelinidae Boxshall & Ohtsuka, 2001
Family Dinopontiidae Murnane, 1967
Family Dirivultidae Humes & Dojiri, 1981
Family Dissonidae Yamaguti, 1963
Family Ecbathyriontidae Humes, 1987
Family Entomolepididae Brady, 1899
Family Eudactylinidae Wilson, 1922
Family Euryphoridae Wilson, 1905
Family Hatschekiidae Kabata, 1979
Family Hyponeoidae Heegaard, 1962
Family Kroyeriidae Kabata, 1979
Family Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840
Family Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979
Family Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968
Family Micropontiidae Gooding, 1957
Family Nanaspididae Humes & Cressey, 1959
Family Nicothoidae Dana, 1849
Family Pandaridae Milne Edwards, 1840
Family Pennellidae Burmeister, 1834
Family Pontoeciellidae Giesbrecht, 1895
Family Pseudocycnidae Wilson, 1922
Family Rataniidae Giesbrecht, 1897
Family Scottomyzontidae Ivanenko, Ferrari, & Smurov, 2001
Family Sphyriidae Wilson, 1919
Family Sponginticolidae Topsent, 1928
Family Spongiocnizontidae Stock & Kleeton, 1964
Family Stellicomitidae Humes & Cressey, 1958
Family Tanypleuridae Kabata, 1969
Family Trebiidae Wilson, 1905
Order Monstrilloida Sars, 1901
Family Monstrillidae Dana, 1849
* The classification utilized here follows Martin and Davis (2001): Martin, Joel .W. and George W.. Davis. 2001. An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series No. 39. i-vii + 124 pp
** We have not yet compiled a complete California species list for the class Maxillipoda, nor have we determined which maxillipod families are present in California. As always, we would welcome contributions to that effort, and would welcome review and correction of what we have thus far included.