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Lepas Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

106087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106087)

Classification

Status

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Rank

Genus

Parent

Lepadidae Darwin, 1852

Synonymised names

Lepas (Lepas) elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) · unaccepted > nomen oblitum (This name has remained unused in...)

This name has remained unused in the literature for more than 50 years it must be considered a nomen oblitum according to the 1961 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.- see Foster 1978, page 34

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Subgenus Lepas (Lepas) Linnaeus, 1758
1. Species Lepas (Lepas) anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
2. Species Lepas (Lepas) anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
3. Species Lepas (Lepas) atrocollis Memmi, 1982
4. Species Lepas (Lepas) australis Darwin, 1851
5. Species Lepas (Lepas) beringiana Pilsbry, 1911
6. Species Lepas (Lepas) elongata Memmi, 1982
7. Species Lepas (Lepas) gogolevi Memmi, 1982
8. Species Lepas (Lepas) hillii (Leach, 1818)
9. Species Lepas (Lepas) indica Annandale, 1909
10. Species Lepas (Lepas) mehdii Memmi, 1982
11. Species Lepas (Lepas) pacifica Henry, 1940
12. Species Lepas (Lepas) pectinata Spengler, 1793
13. Species Lepas (Lepas) testudinata Aurivillius, 1892
14. Species Lepas (Lepas) elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) accepted as Lepas Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum, This name has remained unused in the literature for more than 50 years it must be considered a nomen oblitum according to the 1961 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.- see Foster 1978, page 34)
Subgenus Lepas (Nonfurcata) Memmi, 1980
1. Species Lepas (Nonfurcata) annabellae Memmi, 1980
2. Species Lepas (Nonfurcata) nonfurcata Nilsson-Cantell, 1927
Species Lepas aquitanica Fischer, 1886 †
Species Lepas mallandriniana Seguenza, 1876 †
Species Lepas orbignyi Fischer, 1886 †
Species Lepas rovasendai de Alessandri, 1894 †
Species Lepas sattmanni Harzhauser & Schlögl, 2012 †
Species Lepas affinis Borradaile, 1916 accepted as Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1892 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) testudinata Aurivillius, 1892 (synonym according to Foster, 1978)
Species Lepas Anatifa Brugiere, 1789 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) Linnaeus, 1758
Species Lepas atrocollis Memmi, 1982 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) atrocollis Memmi, 1982 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lepas aurita Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Conchoderma auritum (Linnaeus, 1767) (genric reassignment)
Species Lepas balanoides Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Semibalanus balanoides (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Lepas columna Spengler, 1790 accepted as Chamaesipho columna (Spengler, 1790) (basionym; transferred to Chamaesipho)
Species Lepas denticulata Gruvel, 1905 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) indica Annandale, 1909
Species Lepas dorsalis Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Lithotrya dorsalis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (generic reassignment)
Species Lepas elongata Memmi, 1982 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) elongata Memmi, 1982 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lepas fascicularis Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (generic reassignment)
Species Lepas gallorum Spengler, 1790 accepted as Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1791 [in Gmelin, 1788-1792]) (synonym according to Zevina, 1981)
Species Lepas gogolevi Memmi, 1982 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) gogolevi Memmi, 1982 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lepas guanamuthui Daniel, 1971 accepted as Dosima guanamuthui (Daniel, 1971)
Species Lepas mehdii Memmi, 1982 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) mehdii Memmi, 1982 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lepas pollicipes Gmelin, 1989 accepted as Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1791 [in Gmelin, 1788-1792]) (generic reassignment)
Species Lepas scalpellum Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Scalpellum scalpellum (Linnaeus, 1767) (generic reassignment)
Species Lepas stellatus Poli, 1791 accepted as Chthamalus stellatus (Poli, 1791) (generic reassignment)
Species Lepas stroemia O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Verruca stroemia (O.F. Müller, 1776) (generic reassignment)
Species Lepas testudinata Aurivillius, 1892 accepted as Lepas (Lepas) testudinata Aurivillius, 1892
Species Lepas tintinnabulum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lepas virgata Spengler, 1790 accepted as Conchoderma virgatum Spengler, 1789 (generic reassignment)
Species Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Lepas (Lepas) anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
Species Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767 represented as Lepas (Lepas) anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
Species Lepas australis Darwin, 1851 represented as Lepas (Lepas) australis Darwin, 1851
Species Lepas hilli (Leach, 1818) represented as Lepas (Lepas) hillii (Leach, 1818)
Species Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793 represented as Lepas (Lepas) pectinata Spengler, 1793

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Lepas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106087 on 2025-07-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Southward, Alan

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details]

Other

additional source Ren, X. (1989). On a collection of Cirripedia thoracia from Madagascar and adjacent waters. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris. 11(2): 431-468. [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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