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Lepadidae

Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae.

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Lepadidae
Temporal range:
Miocene - Present,
Lepas anserifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Superfamily: Lepadoidea
Family: Lepadidae
Darwin, 1852

Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852.2 There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae.34

Genera

These genera belong to the family Lepadidae:

  • Conchoderma von Olfers, 1814 (whale barnacles)
  • Dosima Gray, 1825
  • Hyalolepas Annandale, 1906
  • Lepas Linnaeus, 1758 (goose barnacles)
  • † Pristinolepas Buckeridge, 1983
References

References

  1. "Lepadidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  2. "Lepadidae Darwin, 1852". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  3. "World Register of Marine Species, family Lepadidae". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  4. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.