Ibla (crustacean)

Ibla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Iblomorpha
Family: Iblidae
Subfamily: Iblinae
Leach, 1825
Genus: Ibla
Leach, 1825
Species

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Ibla is a genus of barnacle.[1] In 1848, Charles Darwin studied the genus and found species with hermaphrodites and tiny males.[2] In this genus the number androdioecious species is uncertain because some authors use the words female and hermaphrodite interchangeably.[3]

Species

Species in this genus include:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ibla". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  2. ^ Darwin, Charles; Burkhardt, Frederick; Smith, Sydney (1985). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850. Cambridge University Press. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-0-521-25590-5.
  3. ^ Cothran, Rickey; Thiel, Martin (2020-01-22). Reproductive Biology: The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6. Oxford University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-19-068856-1.
  4. ^ WoRMS (2021). "Ibla". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 September 2021.