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Scalpelliformes
Scalpellomorpha is an order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. There are about 11 families in 3 superfamilies and more than 450 described species in Scalpellomorpha. Families : Order Scalpellomorpha Buckeridge & Newman, 2006 :: Superfamily Lepadoidea Chan et al., 2021 ::: Family Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921 ::: Family Lepadidae Darwin, 1852 ::: Family Malacolepadidae Hiro, 1937 ::: Family Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909 ::: Family Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980 :: Superfamily Neolepadoidea Chan et al., 2021 ::: Family Neobrachylepadidae Newman & Yamaguchi, 1995 ::: Family Neolepadidae Yamaguchi, Newman & Hashimoto, 2004 ::: Family Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989 in Hessler & Newman, 1989 ::: Family Probathylepadidae Ren & Sha, 2015 :: Superfamily Scalpelloidea Chan et al., 2021 ::: Family Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907 ::: Family †Proverrucidae Newman, 1989 in Hessler & Newman, 1989 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3474939 Crustacean orders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepas Anserifera
''Lepas anserifera'' is a species of goose barnacle or stalked barnacle in the family Lepadidae. It lives attached to floating timber, ships' hulls and various sorts of flotsam. Description ''Lepas anserifera'' has a shell or capitulum enclosed in six white plates supported by a tough, flexible, orange stalk or peduncle. The capitulum is about long and the stalk a similar length. The limy plates are thick and sculptured and are in close contact with each other. The largest plates, the pair of scuta at the stalk end, are quadrangular with longitudinal furrows and a smooth umbonal area. The pair of terga at the free end are trapezoid and more furrowed than the scutum and the carina in between are wide and forked. The tergal flaps are yellow, giving a coloured rim to the plates in the living animal. The body concealed by these plates consists of a head and thorax with a vestigial abdomen. The head bears the mouthparts consisting of a labrum with fine teeth on the inner margin, a blu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |