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Lepadidae
Family of barnacles
Lepadidae is a family of goose barnacles, erected by Charles Darwin in 1852. There are about five genera and more than 20 described species in Lepadidae.
01Genera
These genera belong to the family Lepadidae:
- Conchoderma von Olfers, 1814 (whale barnacles)
- Dosima Gray, 1825
- Hyalolepas Annandale, 1906
- Lepas Linnaeus, 1758 (goose barnacles)
- † Pristinolepas Buckeridge, 1983
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