Koleolepadidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Koleolepadidae
Genus (1): Koleolepas
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist is based on

Koleolepadidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Name

Koleolepadidae Hiro, 1933: 239

Type genus: Koleolepas Stebbing, 1900: 677
ZooBank: 188E0F88-098D-492F-AD68-F8BBA8FEB091

References

Hiro, F. 1933: Notes on two interesting pedunculate Cirripeds, Malacolepas conchicola n. gen. et sp. and Koleolepas avis (Hiro) with remarks on their systematic positions. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 8: 233–247. Reference page. [See p. 239]
Hosie, A.M. 2014: Review of the stalked barnacle genus Koleolepas (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Koleolepadidae), with new records from Australian waters. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29(1): 1–9. Abstract and full article (PDF) on publisher website Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 鞘茗荷科

In the past, Koleolepadidae has been considered a family of barnacles with a single genus, Koleolepas. Research published in 2021 by Chan et al. resulted in Koleolepas being moved to the family Heteralepadidae. The family Koleolepadidae is not longer active.[1]
See also

Heteralepadidae for the family containing former members of Koleolepadidae.
List of Cirripedia genera for a list of barnacle families and genera.

References

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.