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Alepas

Alepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Heteralepadidae.

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Alepas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Alepas
Rang, 1829 1
Species
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Alepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Heteralepadidae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus :1

  • Alepas navigator Pilsbry, 1912
  • Alepas pacifica Pilsbry, 1907
  • Alepas pellucida (Aurivillius, 1894)
  • Alepas spectrum Pilsbry, 1912
  • Alepas univalvis Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
References

References

  1. Chan, Benny K.K. (2015). "Alepas - Rang, 1829". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-06-24.