Name
Lepas
False barnacle, anatifa
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Lepadidae
Genus: Lepas
Habitat
Marine, pelagic (fixed to floating objects or animals)
Feeding
Filter
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Additional information
The thorax has 6 segments each with a pair of biramous appendages. Abdomen without appendages. Body divided into capitulum and peduncle. Five plates in the capitulum smooth and separated from each other by a black integument. The edge of the plates towards the opening yellow orange. Cirri black. Peduncle in adults dark brown.
Additional information
Bibliography
WoRMS (2013). Lepas (Anatifa) anatifera Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=733346
- Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 280-283