Lepas
Encyclopedia
Lepas is a genus
of goose barnacles in the family
Lepadidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of goose barnacles in the family
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...
Lepadidae
Lepadidae
Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. It contains the three genera Lepas, Conchoderma and Dosima....
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Species
Species in the genus include:- Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
- Lepas anseriferaLepas anseriferaLepas anserifera is a species of goose barnacle or stalked barnacle in the family Lepadidae. It lives attached to floating timber, ships' hulls and various sorts of flotsam.-Description:...
Linnaeus, 1767 - Lepas australis Darwin, 1851
- Lepas hilli Leach, 1818
- Lepas indica Annandale, 1909
- Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793
- Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1894