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Dianajonesia

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Dianajonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Dianajonesia
Koçak & Kemal, 2008[1]

Dianajonesia is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Poecilasmatidae. The taxon is a replacement name for the previously used Temnaspis, which by precedence is now accorded to a genus of megalopodid beetles.[1] The type species of the genus is D. fissum, originally described by Charles Darwin as Poecilasma fissa. The genus contains the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Koçak, A.O.; Kemal, M. (2008). "Notes on the nomenclature of some genus group names in Arthropoda". Miscellaneous Papers of the Center for Entomological Studies Ankara. 138.
  2. ^ Chan, Benny K.K. (2017). "Temnaspis Fischer, 1884". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2017.