Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,969 meters (0 to -16,302 feet).Mean = -2,293.640 meters (-7,525.066 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,035.680 based on 25 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Class:
Maxillopoda
()
- Dahl, 1956
- Subclass:
Thecostraca
()
- Gruvel, 1905
- Infraclass:
Cirripedia
()
- Burmeister, 1834
- Superorder:
Thoracica
()
- Darwin, 1854
- Order:
Pedunculata
()
- Lamarck, 1818
- Suborder:
Lepadomorpha
()
- Pilsbry, 1916
- Suborder:
Lepadomorpha
(
- Order:
Pedunculata
(
- Superorder:
Thoracica
(
- Infraclass:
Cirripedia
(
- Subclass:
Thecostraca
(
- Class:
Maxillopoda
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lepas
There are approximately 27 species in this genus:
L. anatifera (Duck Barnacle) · L. anserifera (Goose Barnacle) · L. ansifera · L. australis · L. balanus · L. cassis · L. coerulescens · L. cypris · L. ehren sverdiana · L. fascicularis · L. foliacea · L. fungites · L. gallorum · L. hilli · L. hillii · L. miocoenicus · L. nauplii · L. pacifica · L. pectinata · L. pectinata pacifica · L. plicata · L. scalpellum · L. stroemia · L. sulcata · L. testudinata · L. virgata · L. vitrea
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western Pacific OBIS)
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2702234
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-89567
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13797197
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 89567
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 518230
