# Loxothylacus

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***Loxothylacus*** is a genus of parasitic barnacles in the family [Sacculinidae](/source/Sacculinidae). There are more than 20 described species in *Loxothylacus*.[1][2][3]

## Species

These species belong to the genus *Loxothylacus*:

- *[Loxothylacus amoenus](/source/Loxothylacus_amoenus)* Boschma, 1940
- *[Loxothylacus aristatus](/source/Loxothylacus_aristatus)* Boschma, 1931
- *[Loxothylacus armatus](/source/Loxothylacus_armatus)* Boschma, 1949
- *[Loxothylacus auritus](/source/Loxothylacus_auritus)* Boschma, 1954
- *[Loxothylacus bicorniger](/source/Loxothylacus_bicorniger)* Boschma, 1933
- *[Loxothylacus brachythrix](/source/Loxothylacus_brachythrix)* Boschma, 1940
- *[Loxothylacus caribaeus](/source/Loxothylacus_caribaeus)* Boschma, 1974
- *[Loxothylacus carinatus](/source/Loxothylacus_carinatus)* (Kossmann, 1872)
- *[Loxothylacus corculum](/source/Loxothylacus_corculum)* (Kossmann, 1872)
- *[Loxothylacus desmothrix](/source/Loxothylacus_desmothrix)* Boschma, 1931
- *[Loxothylacus echioides](/source/Loxothylacus_echioides)* Boschma, 1940
- *[Loxothylacus engeli](/source/Loxothylacus_engeli)* Boschma, 1968
- *[Loxothylacus ihlei](/source/Loxothylacus_ihlei)* Boschma, 1949
- *[Loxothylacus kossmanni](/source/Loxothylacus_kossmanni)* Boschma, 1955
- *[Loxothylacus longipilus](/source/Loxothylacus_longipilus)* (Boschma, 1933)
- *[Loxothylacus musivus](/source/Loxothylacus_musivus)* Boschma, 1940
- *[Loxothylacus omissus](/source/Loxothylacus_omissus)* Boschma, 1957
- *[Loxothylacus panopaei](/source/Loxothylacus_panopaei)* (Gissler, 1884)
- *[Loxothylacus perarmatus](/source/Loxothylacus_perarmatus)* Reinhard & Reischman, 1958
- *[Loxothylacus sclerothrix](/source/Loxothylacus_sclerothrix)* Boschma, 1933
- *[Loxothylacus setaceus](/source/Loxothylacus_setaceus)* Boschma, 1931
- *[Loxothylacus spinulosus](/source/Loxothylacus_spinulosus)* Boschma, 1928
- *[Loxothylacus strandi](/source/Loxothylacus_strandi)* Boschma, 1936
- *[Loxothylacus texanus](/source/Loxothylacus_texanus)* Boschma, 1933
- *[Loxothylacus tomentosus](/source/Loxothylacus_tomentosus)* Shiino, 1943
- *[Loxothylacus torridus](/source/Loxothylacus_torridus)* Boschma, 1940
- *[Loxothylacus variabilis](/source/Loxothylacus_variabilis)* Boschma, 1940
- *[Loxothylacus vepretus](/source/Loxothylacus_vepretus)* Boschma, 1947

## References

1. ["*Loxothylacus*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/2116609). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2021-09-01.

1. ["World Register of Marine Species, genus *Loxothylacus*"](http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395094). Retrieved 2021-09-01.

1. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". *Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society*. **193** (3): 789–846. [doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160](https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160). [hdl:11250/2990967](https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2990967)

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