Lepas
Appearance
Lepas | |
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Lepas anserifera | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
[edit]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
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A detached holdfast of Durvillaea antarctica colonised by Lepas australis
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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.