Ascothoracica

Ascothoracica

[¦as·kə·thə′ras·ə·kə]
(invertebrate zoology)
An order of marine crustaceans in the subclass Cirripedia occurring as endo- and ectoparasites of echinoderms and cnidarians.
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Comparative SEM studies of lattice organs: putative sensory structures on the carapace of larva from Ascothoracica and Cirripedia (Crustacea Maxillopoda Thecostraca).
Morphology of the Nervous System of the Barnacle Cypris Larva (Balanus amphitrite Darwin) Revealed by Light and Electron Microscopy

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