Lepadidae
Encyclopedia
Lepadidae is a family
of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin
in 1852. It contains the three genera Lepas
, Conchoderma
and Dosima
.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
in 1852. It contains the three genera Lepas
Lepas
Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.-Species:Species in the genus include:* Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758* Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767* Lepas australis Darwin, 1851* Lepas hilli Leach, 1818...
, Conchoderma
Conchoderma
Conchoderma is a genus of of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.-Species:Species in the genus include:* Conchoderma auritum * Conchoderma hunteri * Conchoderma virgatum Spengler, 1789...
and Dosima
Dosima
Dosima fascicularis, the buoy barnacle, is "the most specialised pleustonic goose barnacle" species. It hangs downwards from the water surface, held up by a float of its own construction, and is carried along by ocean currents.-Flotation:...
.