Microlepadidae

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: Microlepadidae
Genera (1): Microlepas

[Source: WoRMS]
Name

Microlepadidae Zevina, 1980: 695
Type genus: Microlepas Hoek, 1907: 43
ZooBank: 3D836E6F-A5E9-4588-8B31-27605983FB71

References

Zevina, G.B. 1980. A new classification of the Lepadomorpha (Cirripedia). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 59(5): 689–698. [in Russian] Reference page. [See p. 695, original description]

Grygier, M.J. & Newman, W.A. 1991. A new genus and two new species of Microlepadidae (Cirripedia: Pedunculata) found on Western Pacific diadematid echinoids. Galaxea, 10: 1–22. Reference page. [See p. 2]
Hoek, P.P.C. 1907: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition: A. Cirripedia Pedunculata. Siboga-Expeditie XXXI. EJ Brill. BHL Reference page. [See p. 43, for Microlepas]

Links

BHL bibliography
Microlepadidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Microlepadidae.
ION
Microlepadidae in the World Register of Marine Species

In the past, Microlepadidae has been considered a family of barnacles. Research published in 2021 by Chan et al. resulted in the genera of Microlepadidae being merged with that of Poecilasmatidae, which now contains the members of both families.[1]
See also

Poecilasmatidae for the family containing former members of Microlepadidae.
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.