Lepadidae
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| Lepas anserifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Scalpellomorpha |
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| Family: | Lepadidae Darwin, 1852 |
Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852.[1] There are about 5 genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae.[2][3]
Genera[]
These genera belong to the family Lepadidae:
- Conchoderma von Olfers, 1814 (whale barnacles)
- Dosima Gray, 1825
- Annandale, 1906
- Lepas Linnaeus, 1758 (goose barnacles)
- Lepas hillii Leach, 1818 (goose barnacles)
- † Buckeridge, 1983
References[]
- ^ "Lepadidae Darwin, 1852". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ "World Register of Marine Species, family Lepadidae". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160.
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