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.[3][4]
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
- ^ "Lepadidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
- ^ "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. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
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