Lepas

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
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Superordine: Thoracicalcarea
Subordo: Lepadomorpha

Familia: Lepadidae
Genus: Lepas
Species (7 + 8†): L. anatifera – L. anserifera – L. australis – L. denticulata – L. hilli – L. indica – L. pectinata – †L. sattmanni – †L. aquitanica – †L. mallandriniana – †L. orbignyi – †L. reflexa – †L. rovasendai – †L. stenzeli – †L. coplandi

[Source: WoRMS+ authors]
Name

Lepas Linnaeus, 1758: 667

Type species: Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
ZooBank: AE70BA58-9BCB-419F-B258-910F2B7BE799

Synonyms

Anatifa Bruguière, 1789: 61

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. [See p. 667, original description]

Bruguiere, M. 1789–1791. Encyclopedie methodique. Histoire naturelle de Vers 1(1): 158–178. (French) BHL Reference page. [See p. 61]
Darwin, C. 1852. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 1 The Lepadidae or Pedunculated Cirrepedes. Ray Society. BHL Reference page. [See p. 67, discussion]
Harzhauser, M. & Schlögl, J. 2012. Lepadiform and Scalpelliform barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Paratethys Sea. Palaeontology 55(5): 923–936. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01155.x Open access Reference page.
Withers, T.H. 1935: The cirripede Lepas in the Eocene. Annals and magazine of natural history 10 15(87): 344-348. DOI: 10.1080/00222933508654972 Reference page.
Withers, T.H. 1953: Catalogue of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology, III. Tertiary. British Museum (Natural History), London, 396 p. Reference page. [See p. 317, synonymy and discussion]

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 hilli Leach, 1818
Lepas indica Annandale, 1909
Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793
Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1894

References

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