thecostracan

English

Etymology

From Thecostraca +‎ -an.

Noun

thecostracan (plural thecostracans)

1. Any barnacle etc. of the class Thecostraca (formerly a subclass).
   • 2015 September 30, “The Application of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Marine Crustaceans from the North Sea and Adjacent Regions”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     While nine barnacle species are recorded for the German sectors of the North and Baltic Sea [95 ], the total number of thecostracan species inhabiting the North Sea is unknown.