Lepadidae

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Lepadidae
Temporal range: Miocene to present, 23–0  Ma [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Superfamily: Lepadoidea
Family: Lepadidae
Darwin, 1852

Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. [2] There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae. [3] [4]

Genera

These genera belong to the family Lepadidae:

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<i>Lepas testudinata</i> Species of barnacle

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References

  1. ↑ "Lepadidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Lepadidae Darwin, 1852". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ "World Register of Marine Species, family Lepadidae" . Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  4. ↑ 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. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 .


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