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Platylepas
Sign in to savePlatylepas is a genus of barnacles in the family Platylepadidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderSessilia
- FamilyPlatylepadidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 83
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Platylepadidae
- Collections
- YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SDNHM, CAS, NHMUK, SIO
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, Italy, Senegal, United States, Ecuador, Seychelles, Australia, Federated States Of Micronesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Whale barnacle
- Image
- Platylepas hexastylos (YPM IZ 042437).jpeg
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- taxon author citation
- Gray, 1825
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- Platylepas
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Platylepas is a genus of barnacles in the family Platylepadidae of the subphylum Crustacea.
==Species== Species within the genus Platylepas recognised by the World Register of Marine Species include: Platylepas coriacea Monroe & Limpus, 1979 Platylepas decorata Darwin, 1854 Platylepas hexastylos (Fabricius, 1798) Platylepas indicus Daniel, 1958 Platylepas krugeri (Krüger, 1912) Platylepas multidecorata Daniel, 1962 Platylepas ophiophila Lanchester, 1902 Platylepas wilsoni Ross, 1963 † Platylepas mediterranea Collareta et al., 2019
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