Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -371 meters (-1,217 feet).Standard Deviation = 980.310 based on 14 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- arthropods
- Class:
Maxillopoda
()
- Order:
Pedunculata
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Lepas
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
fascicularis
- Ellis and Solander, 1786
- Scientific name: - Lepas fascicularis Ellis and Solander, 1786
- Specific name:
fascicularis
- Ellis and Solander, 1786
- Genus:
Lepas
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Pedunculata
(
- Class:
Maxillopoda
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
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:
- GBIF-Sweden: Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bishop Museum Data (OBIS distribution) (USOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Histroical benthic dredge samples from the southern baltic and the North Sea
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2702232
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-89562
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13797225
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 89562
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 518225
