Biology:Lepas

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Short description: Genus of barnacles

Lepas
Lepas anserifera
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Lepadidae
Genus: Lepas
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.[1]

Species

Species in the genus include:[2]

  • Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
  • Lepas australis Darwin, 1851
  • Lepas hilli Leach, 1818
  • Lepas indica Annandale, 1909
  • Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793
  • Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1894
Images of Lepas
  • A detached holdfast of Durvillaea antarctica colonised by Lepas australis
    A detached holdfast of Durvillaea antarctica colonised by Lepas australis
  • A closer photo of L. australis on the same kelp holdfast
    A closer photo of L. australis on the same kelp holdfast

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2011). "Lepadidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106048. 
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2011). "Lepas Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106087. 

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