Stramentidae
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Maxillopoda
- Order: Pedunculata
- Family: Stramentidae
Overview
Stramentidae Withers, 1920
Common Name: Barnacle
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Outer calcareous 'shell' is made up of 9-12 plates. Large fleshy pedicle to attach to substrate.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile
FEEDING MODE: Suspension Feeder
HABITAT: Epifaunal
Sources:
Brooks, H. K. et al., 1969. Decapoda, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda 4, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 651 pp.
