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Goosefish Barnacle

Lepas Linnaeus 1758

Brief Summary

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Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles, filter-feeding pelagic crustaceans that live attached to the hard surfaces of rocks or flotsam.

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Lepas

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Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus include:^[2]

Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
Lepas australis Darwin, 1851
Lepas hilli Leach, 1818
Lepas indica Annandale, 1909
Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793
Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1894

Images of Lepas

A detached holdfast of Durvillaea antarctica colonised by Lepas australis
A closer photo of L. australis on the same kelp holdfast

References

^ WoRMS (2011). "Lepadidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
^ WoRMS (2011). "Lepas Linnaeus, 1758". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 18, 2011.

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Lepas: Brief Summary

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Lepas is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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