Taxonavigation

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

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 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]