Brachylepadidae

Brachylepadidae

Brachylepadidae

Family of crustaceans

Brachylepadidae is an extinct family of barnacles in the order Brachylepadomorpha, the sole family in the order. There are about 7 genera and more than 20 described species in Brachylepadidae.[1][2][3][4]

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Genera

These genera belong to the family Brachylepadidae:

  • Brachylepas Woodward, 1901
  • Epibrachylepas Gale, 2014
  • Fallaxlepas Gale, 2020
  • Faxelepas Gale, 2014
  • Parabrachylepas Gale, 2014
  • Pedupycnolepas Gale, 2014
  • Pycnolepas Withers, 1914

References

  1. [1]
    "Brachylepadidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. [2]
    "The Paleobiology Database, family Brachylepadidae". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  3. [3]
    "World Register of Marine Species, family Brachylepadidae". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  4. [4]
    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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