Ibla
| Ibla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Iblomorpha |
| Family: | Iblidae |
| Subfamily: | Iblinae Leach, 1825 |
| Genus: | Ibla Leach, 1825 |
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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 androdioecious species is uncertain because some authors use the words female and hermaphrodite interchangeably.