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Lepadidae

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Lepadidae

Taxonomy
Lepadidae was named by Darwin (1851). It is extant. Its type is Lepas.

It was assigned to Lepadomorpha by Buckeridge (1983), Jones (2007) and Harzhauser and Schloegl (2012); and to Lepadoidea by Chan et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Dosima, Lepas (type genus), Pristinolepas

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Lepadidae Darwin
1983Lepadidae Buckeridge p. 20
2007Lepadidae Jones p. 291
2012Lepadidae Harzhauser and Schloegl p. 926
2021Lepadidae Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderScalpellomorpha(Newman 1987)
superfamilyLepadoideaDarwin 1852
familyLepadidaeDarwin 1851
familyLepadidaeDarwin 1851

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Lepadidae Darwin 1851
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G. Lepas Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Lepas (Anatifa) Bruguière 1789
Subg. Lepas (Lepas) Linnaeus 1758
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†Lepas (Lepas) clifdenica Buckeridge 1983
†Lepas (Lepas) hyperumbonica Buckeridge 1983
Lepas anatifera Linnaeus 1758
†Lepas sattmanni Harzhauser and Schloegl 2012
G. †Pristinolepas Buckeridge 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available