Ibla

Ibla
Ibla quadrivalvis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Iblomorpha
Family: Iblidae
Subfamily: Iblinae
Leach, 1825
Genus: Ibla
Leach, 1825
Species

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Ibla is a genus of barnacle. In 1848, Charles Darwin studied the genus and found species with hermaphrodites and tiny males. In this genus the number of androdioecious species is uncertain because some authors use the words female and hermaphrodite interchangeably.

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