Lepas

Lepas
Lepas anserifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Thecostraca
Subclass:	Cirripedia
Order:	Scalpellomorpha
Family:	Lepadidae
Genus:	Lepas Linnaeus, 1758
Species
see text

Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae. ^[1]

Species

Species in the genus include: ^[2]

• Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
• Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
• Lepas australis Darwin, 1851
• Lepas hillii Leach, 1818
• Lepas indica Annandale, 1909
• Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793
• Lepas tanakai Karasawa & Kobayashi, 2025
• 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

1. WoRMS (2011). "Lepadidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved November 18, 2011.
2. WoRMS (2011). "Lepas Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved November 18, 2011.