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| Lepas | |
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| Lepas anserifera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Scalpellomorpha |
| Family: | Lepadidae |
| Genus: | Lepas Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.[1]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus include:[2]
- Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
- Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
- Lepas australis Darwin, 1851
- Lepas hillii Leach, 1818
- Lepas indica Annandale, 1909
- Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793
- Lepas tanakai Karasawa & Kobayashi, 2025
- Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1894
Images of Lepas
A detached holdfast of Durvillaea antarctica colonised by Lepas australis
A closer photo of L. australis on the same kelp holdfast
References
[edit]- ↑ WoRMS (2011). "Lepadidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
- ↑ WoRMS (2011). "Lepas Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
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