Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Thecostraca > Subclass Cirripedia > Infraclass Thoracica > Superorder Thoracicalcarea > Order Scalpellomorpha

Lepadoidea Chan, Dreyer, Gale, Glenner, Ewers-Saucedo, Pérez-Losada, Kolbasov, Crandall & Høeg, 2021

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

*Heteralepadidae*	Nilsson-Cantell, 1921	taxonomically included in
*Heteralepadomorpha*	Newman, 1987	taxonomically included in
*Lepadidae*	Darwin, 1852	taxonomically included in
*Lepadomorpha*	Pilsbry, 1916	taxonomically included in
*Poecilasmatidae*	Annandale, 1909	taxonomically included in
*Lepadiformes*	Buckeridge & Newman, 2006	synonym

Children

Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
Heteralepadomorpha Newman, 1987
Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
Lepadomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909

Literature

original description	Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Lepadoidea Chan, Dreyer, Gale, Glenner, Ewers-Saucedo, Pérez-Losada, Kolbasov, Crandall & Høeg, 2021. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422305