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Platylepas is a genus of barnacles in the family Platylepadidae of the subphylum Crustacea.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMaxillopoda
  4. OrderSessilia
  5. FamilyPlatylepadidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
83
With media
1
Family
Platylepadidae
Collections
YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SDNHM, CAS, NHMUK, SIO
Recorded in
Costa Rica, Italy, Senegal, United States, Ecuador, Seychelles, Australia, Federated States Of Micronesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Whale barnacle
Image
Platylepas hexastylos (YPM IZ 042437).jpeg
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taxon author citation
Gray, 1825
Commons category
Platylepas
taxon name
Platylepas
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Platylepas is a genus of barnacles in the family Platylepadidae of the subphylum Crustacea.

==Species== Species within the genus Platylepas recognised by the World Register of Marine Species include: Platylepas coriacea Monroe & Limpus, 1979 Platylepas decorata Darwin, 1854 Platylepas hexastylos (Fabricius, 1798) Platylepas indicus Daniel, 1958 Platylepas krugeri (Krüger, 1912) Platylepas multidecorata Daniel, 1962 Platylepas ophiophila Lanchester, 1902 Platylepas wilsoni Ross, 1963 † Platylepas mediterranea Collareta et al., 2019

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