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

Lepas (Lepas) Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LepasLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Children

Lepas (Lepas) anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
Lepas (Lepas) anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
Lepas (Lepas) hillii (Leach, 1818)
Lepas (Lepas) pectinata Spengler, 1793

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Lepas (Lepas) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=733119

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2022-09-29 by Benny K.K. Chan

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