''Lepas'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
goose barnacle
Goose barnacles, also called percebes, turtle-claw barnacles, stalked barnacles, gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. Goose barnacles form ...
s in the
family
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Lepadidae
Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Lepadidae:
* '' Conchoderma'' von Olfers, 1814 (wh ...
.
Species
Species in the genus include:
* ''
Lepas anatifera''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
* ''
Lepas anserifera''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1767
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Lepas australis
''Lepas'' is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.
Species
Species in the genus include:
* '' Lepas anatifera'' Linnaeus, 1758
* '' Lepas anserifera'' Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known ...
''
Darwin, 1851
* ''
Lepas hillii''
Leach, 1818
* ''
Lepas indica''
Annandale, 1909
* ''
Lepas pectinata
''Lepas pectinata'', the small goose barnacle, is a species of goose barnacle in the family Lepadidae.
References
External links
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Barnacles
Crustaceans described in 1793
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Spengler, 1793
* ''
Lepas tanakai''
Karasawa & Kobayashi, 2025
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Lepas testudinata
''Lepas testudinata'' is a species of goose barnacle in the Family (biology), family Lepadidae. First observed in 1834, ''Lepas testudinata'' has undergone several Taxonomy (biology), reclassifications, and its relationship to other ''Lepas'' sp ...
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Aurivillius, 1894
References
Barnacles
Maxillopoda genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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