The Peltogastridae are a family of barnacles belonging to the parasitic and highly apomorphic infraclass Rhizocephala. The Peltogastridae are by far the largest family of Rhizocephala. They comprise 14 genera, 3 of which (Lernaeodiscus, Septodiscus, and Triangulus) were moved from the family Lernaeodiscidae.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Peltogastridae:
- Briarosaccus <small>Boschma, 1930</small>
- Dipterosaccus <small>Van Kampen & Boschma, 1925</small>
- Galatheascus <small>Boschma, 1929</small>
- Lernaeodiscus <small>Müller, 1862</small>
- Ommatogaster <small>Yoshida & Osawa, 2011</small>
- Paratriangulus <small>Høeg & Glenner, 2019</small>
- Peltogaster <small>Rathke, 1842</small>
- Pterogaster <small>Van Baal, 1937</small>
- Septodiscus <small>Van Baal, 1937</small>
- Septosaccus <small>Duboscq, 1912</small>
- Temnascus <small>Boschma, 1951</small>
- Tortugaster <small>Reinhard, 1948</small>
- Trachelosaccus <small>Boschma, 1928</small>
- Triangulopsis <small>Guérin-Ganivet, 1911</small>
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