Paralepas

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Paralepas
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Paralepas morula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Paralepas
Pilsbry, 1907 [1]

Paralepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Heteralepadidae. [2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus : [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Register of Marine Species, genus Paralepas" . Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  2. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 . hdl: 11250/2990967 .