BeRMS taxon details
Lepas Linnaeus, 1758
106087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106087)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Lepas (Lepas) Linnaeus, 1758
- 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 fascicularis Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (generic reassignment)
- Species Lepas scalpellum Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Scalpellum scalpellum (Linnaeus, 1767) (generic reassignment)
- Species Lepas stroemia O.F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Verruca stroemia (O.F. Müller, 1776) (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 hilli (Leach, 1818) represented as Lepas (Lepas) hillii (Leach, 1818)
- Species Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793 represented as Lepas (Lepas) pectinata Spengler, 1793
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
BeRMS (2025). Lepas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106087 on 2026-06-25
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Lepas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106087 on 2026-06-25
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details]
basis of record Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ren, X. (1989). On a collection of Cirripedia thoracia from Madagascar and adjacent waters. <em>Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris.</em> 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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details]
basis of record Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ren, X. (1989). On a collection of Cirripedia thoracia from Madagascar and adjacent waters. <em>Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris.</em> 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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | goose barnacles | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepas)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090911)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090911)
To ITIS
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