Catophragmidae

Catophragmidae; Temporal range: Cretaceous–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Hexanauplia
Infraclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Sessilia
Suborder:	Balanomorpha
Superfamily:	Chthamaloidea
Family:	Catophragmidae; Utinomi, 1968[1] nom. trans. Newman & Ross, 1976[2]36
subfamilies
	see text

The Catophragmidae are a family of barnacles in the superfamily Chthamaloidea with eight shell wall plates (rostrum, carina, paired rostrolatera, carinolatera I and carinolatera II), surrounded by several whorls of imbricating plates. The basis is membranous.[3]^:57

This family occupies lower to upper midlittoral warm seas of the Pacific Coast of Central America, Caribbean, Bermuda, and Australia/Tasmania.[3]^:57[4] These populations are highly disjunct and can be seen as relictual.

Two subfamilies are recognized:

Catophragminae Ross & Newman, 2001
Catomerinae Ross & Newman, 2001

The family contains these genera:[5] All genera are at present monotypic.

Catolasmus Ross & Newman, 2001[4]^:81
Catomerus Pilsbry, 1916
Catophragmus Sowerby, 1827
†Pachydiadema Withers, 1935

The Catophragmidae have historically suffered from a lack of systematic attention. Ross and Newman, 2001[4] published a revision of the family, proposing one new genus and creating two subfamilies. The family was discussed as representing very early balanomorph lineages. The known species conserve many plesiomorphic traits.

References

Huzio Utinomi (1968). "A revision of the deep-sea barnacles Pachylasma and Hexelasma from Japan, with a proposal of new classification of the Chthamalidae (Cirripedia, Thoracica)". Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 16 (1): 21–39.
Newman, W. A.; A. Ross (1976). "Revision of the Balanomorph Barnacles including a catalog of the species". Memoirs of San Diego Society of Natural History. 9: 1–108.
Poltarukha, O. P. (2006). Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean (in Russian). Moscow: KMK Scientific Press, Ltd. pp. 1–198. ISBN 5-87317-278-1.
Ross, A.; W. A. Newman (2001). "The Catophragmidae: members of the basal balanomorph radiation". Sessile Organisms. 18 (2): 77–91.
Geoff Boxshall (2013). "Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

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[UT68-1] Huzio Utinomi (1968). "A revision of the deep-sea barnacles Pachylasma and Hexelasma from Japan, with a proposal of new classification of the Chthamalidae (Cirripedia, Thoracica)". Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 16 (1): 21–39.

[NR76-2] Newman, W. A.; A. Ross (1976). "Revision of the Balanomorph Barnacles including a catalog of the species". Memoirs of San Diego Society of Natural History. 9: 1–108.

[OP06-3] Poltarukha, O. P. (2006). Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean (in Russian). Moscow: KMK Scientific Press, Ltd. pp. 1–198. ISBN 5-87317-278-1.

[RN01-4] Ross, A.; W. A. Newman (2001). "The Catophragmidae: members of the basal balanomorph radiation". Sessile Organisms. 18 (2): 77–91.

[5] Geoff Boxshall (2013). "Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 19, 2013.