Ibla

{{Short description|Genus of barnacles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Ibla

| authority = Leach, 1825

| parent_authority = Leach, 1825

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Ibla is a genus of barnacle.{{eol|46543084|Ibla}} In 1848, Charles Darwin studied the genus and found species with hermaphrodites and tiny males.{{Cite book|last1=Darwin|first1=Charles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3cWjjhdQ38EC&dq=Ibla+quadrivalvis&pg=PR18|title=The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 4, 1847-1850|last2=Burkhardt|first2=Frederick|last3=Smith|first3=Sydney|date=1985|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-25590-5|pages=xviii|language=en}} In this genus the number androdioecious species is uncertain because some authors use the words female and hermaphrodite interchangeably.{{Cite book|last1=Cothran|first1=Rickey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Y7UDwAAQBAJ&dq=androdioecy&pg=PA206|title=Reproductive Biology: The Natural History of the Crustacea, Volume 6|last2=Thiel|first2=Martin|date=2020-01-22|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-068856-1|pages=221|language=en}}