Tags: Crustacean.

Thoracica is a superorder of crustaceans which contains the most familiar species of barnacles found on rocky coasts such as Semibalanus balanoides and Chthamalus stellatus. They have six well-developed limbs and may be either stalked or sessile. The carapace is heavily calcified. The group includes free-living and commensal species.

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