Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Thecostraca
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Lepadidae goose barnacles

Genus: Lepas

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Lepas anatiferaLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
Lepas anatifera
[Duck barnacle]
No picture found


 
Lepas anserifera
[Goose barnacle]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Indo-Pacific and the Anta

Lepas australisDarwin, 1851

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Lepas australis
[Southern goose barnacle]
No picture found


 
Lepas denticulata
[]
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Lepas fascicularis
[]
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Lepas hillii
[]
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Lepas indica
[]
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Lepas kuwayamai
[]
No picture found


 
Lepas pectinata
[]
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Lepas testudinata
[Gooseneck barnacle]


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