Genus of barnacles
Heterosaccus is a genus of barnacles in infraclass Rhizocephala. Like other taxa in this group, they parasitize crabs. Geoffroy Smith circumscribed the genus in 1906; he initially only included "H. hians". Smith circumscribed a genus distinct from "Sacculina" due to a difference of the mesentery; in "Heterosaccus", the mesentery does not stretch down to the mantle opening but rather only is present on the ring of attachment.
Species.
As of 2017[ [update]], WoRMS recognizes the following fifteen species.
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