Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Lepadidae:
- Conchoderma von Olfers, 1814 (whale barnacles)
- Dosima Gray, 1825
- Hyalolepas Annandale, 1906
- Lepas Linnaeus, 1758 (goose barnacles)
- † Pristinolepas Buckeridge, 1983
References
"Lepadidae Darwin, 1852". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 15, 2010. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=89559 ↩
"World Register of Marine Species, family Lepadidae". Retrieved 2021-08-25. http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106048 ↩
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. https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fzoolinnean%2Fzlaa160 ↩