Goose Barnacles [Lepas]
Description
Goose barnacles are drifting barnacles that live attached to floating objects like logs, buoys, or seaweed rafts. Divers can sometimes see them as small, upright stalks with feathery feeding structures extended into the current, creating a lively look on the underside of floating surfaces.
Species
Common Goose Barnacle
Lepas (Lepas) anatifera
Goose Barnacle
Lepas (Lepas) anserifera
Lepas (Lepas) atrocollis
Lepas (Lepas) atrocollis
Lepas australis
Lepas (Lepas) australis
Lepas beringiana
Lepas (Lepas) beringiana
Lepas elongata
Lepas (Lepas) elongata
Lepas gogolevi
Lepas (Lepas) gogolevi
Lepas hillii
Lepas (Lepas) hillii
Lepas (Lepas) indica
Lepas (Lepas) indica
Lepas (Lepas) mehdii
Lepas (Lepas) mehdii
Lepas (Lepas) pacifica
Lepas (Lepas) pacifica
Lepas (Lepas) pectinata
Lepas (Lepas) pectinata
Lepas (Lepas) testudinata
Lepas (Lepas) testudinata
Annabella’s Goose Barnacle
Lepas (Nonfurcata) annabellae
Nonfurcata Goose Barnacle
Lepas (Nonfurcata) nonfurcata
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Barnacles
Thecostraca
|
| Order |
Gooseneck Barnacles
Scalpellomorpha
|
| Family |
Goose Barnacles
Lepadidae
|
Statistics
- Species 15