Cryptophialidae

Cryptophialidae is a family of Acrothoracican barnacles in the order Cryptophialida, the sole family of the order. There are at least 2 genera and more than 20 described species in Cryptophialidae. These barnacles burrow into calcareous rocks and structures, such as limestone, shells, or corals.^[1][2][3]

Cryptophialidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Cryptophialida Kolbasov, Newman & Hoeg, 2009
Family:	Cryptophialidae Gerstaecker, 1866

Genera:^[2]

• Australophialus Tomlinson, 1969
• Cryptophialus Darwin, 1854