# Lepadidae

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Family of barnacles

Lepadidae Temporal range: Miocene - Present, 23–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Lepas anserifera Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Thecostraca Subclass: Cirripedia Order: Scalpellomorpha Superfamily: Lepadoidea Family: Lepadidae Darwin, 1852

**Lepadidae** is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [goose barnacles](/source/Goose_barnacle), erected by [Charles Darwin](/source/Charles_Darwin) in 1852.[2] There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae.[3][4]

## Genera

These genera belong to the family Lepadidae:

- *[Conchoderma](/source/Conchoderma)* von Olfers, 1814 (whale barnacles)

- *[Dosima](/source/Dosima)* Gray, 1825

- *[Hyalolepas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyalolepas&action=edit&redlink=1)* Annandale, 1906

- *[Lepas](/source/Lepas)* Linnaeus, 1758 (goose barnacles)

- † *[Pristinolepas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pristinolepas&action=edit&redlink=1)* Buckeridge, 1983

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Lepadidae"](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=302277&is_real_user=1). *paleobiodb.org*. Retrieved 2022-02-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Lepadidae Darwin, 1852"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=89559). [Integrated Taxonomic Information System](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System). Retrieved October 15, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-worms_3-0)** ["World Register of Marine Species, family Lepadidae"](http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106048). Retrieved 2021-08-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Chan2021_4-0)** Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). ["The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms"](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fzoolinnean%2Fzlaa160). *Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society*. **193** (3): 789–846. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fzoolinnean%2Fzlaa160). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[11250/2990967](https://hdl.handle.net/11250%2F2990967).

Taxon identifiers Lepadidae Wikidata: Q1812499 Wikispecies: Lepadidae ADW: Lepadidae AFD: Lepadidae BOLD: 84286 BugGuide: 1201574 CoL: BVY EoL: 6965 EPPO: 1LPASF GBIF: 9693 iNaturalist: 48779 IRMNG: 108614 ITIS: 89559 NBN: NHMSYS0021052656 NCBI: 38010 NZOR: 0285e285-6279-4776-9fa4-9ed46b8b8136 Open Tree of Life: 809945 Paleobiology Database: 302277 WoRMS: 106048

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