Platylepas

Platylepas
Preserved specimen of Platylepas hexastylos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Coronulidae
Genus: Platylepas
Gray, 1825

Platylepas is a genus of barnacles in the family Platylepadidae of the subphylum Crustacea.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Platylepas recognised by the World Register of Marine Species include:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species, genus Platylepas". Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  2. ^ 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". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.


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