Cirripedia
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Cirripedia is a subclass of marine crustaceans commonly known as barnacles, characterized by their sessile adult stage and calcareous plates that attach to various underwater surfaces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cirripedia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17619067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cirripedia Context triple: [Maxillopoda, includesTaxon, Cirripedia]
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A.
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda is a phylum of marine invertebrates with bivalve-like shells that are hinged top-to-bottom and are known from both modern oceans and an extensive fossil record.
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B.
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a major clade of gastropod mollusks that includes nerites and their relatives, characterized by typically small, often globular shells and a long fossil record extending back to the Paleozoic.
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C.
Patellogastropoda
Patellogastropoda is an order of marine gastropod mollusks commonly known as true limpets, characterized by their simple conical shells and strong adhesion to rocky shores.
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D.
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major clade of mostly marine gastropod mollusks that includes many primitive sea snails characterized by often nacreous shells and distinctive anatomical features.
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E.
Ambulacraria
Ambulacraria is a major clade of deuterostome animals that unites echinoderms (such as starfish and sea urchins) with hemichordates (such as acorn worms) based on shared developmental and anatomical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cirripedia Target entity description: Cirripedia is a subclass of marine crustaceans commonly known as barnacles, characterized by their sessile adult stage and calcareous plates that attach to various underwater surfaces.
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A.
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda is a phylum of marine invertebrates with bivalve-like shells that are hinged top-to-bottom and are known from both modern oceans and an extensive fossil record.
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B.
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a major clade of gastropod mollusks that includes nerites and their relatives, characterized by typically small, often globular shells and a long fossil record extending back to the Paleozoic.
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C.
Patellogastropoda
Patellogastropoda is an order of marine gastropod mollusks commonly known as true limpets, characterized by their simple conical shells and strong adhesion to rocky shores.
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D.
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major clade of mostly marine gastropod mollusks that includes many primitive sea snails characterized by often nacreous shells and distinctive anatomical features.
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E.
Ambulacraria
Ambulacraria is a major clade of deuterostome animals that unites echinoderms (such as starfish and sea urchins) with hemichordates (such as acorn worms) based on shared developmental and anatomical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.