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Lepas
Sign in to saveLepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.
Species
goose barnacles
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderPedunculata
- FamilyLepadidae
Habitatmarine
Observations3,919
Observations recorded15,650
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 656
- With media
- 93
- Family
- Lepadidae
- Collections
- LACM, YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, AMNH, UF, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Costa Rica, Belgium, Italy, Chile, United Kingdom, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States Of
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Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.
==Species== Species in the genus include: Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758 Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767 Lepas australis Darwin, 1851 Lepas hillii Leach, 1818 Lepas indica Annandale, 1909 Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793 Lepas tanakai Karasawa & Kobayashi, 2025 Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1894
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