Pachylasmatidae

Pachylasmatidae
Pachylasma ovatum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Thoracicalcarea
(unranked): Sessilia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Chthamaloidea
Family: Pachylasmatidae
Utinomi, 1968
Subfamilies
  • Eolasmatinae Buckeridge, 1983
  • Metalasmatinae Jones, 2000
  • Pachylasmatinae Utinomi, 1968

Pachylasmatidae is a family of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. There are about 10 genera and at least 30 described species in Pachylasmatidae.