Biology:Eolepadidae

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Short description: Extinct family of crustaceans

Eolepadidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Infraclass: Thoracica
Superorder: Phosphatothoracica
Order: Eolepadomorpha
Family: Eolepadidae
Buckeridge, 1983

Eolepadidae is an extinct family of barnacles in the order Eolepadomorpha. There are 2 genera and about 12 described species in Eolepadidae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These genera belong to the family Eolepadidae:

  • Eolepas Withers, 1928
  • Toarcolepas Gale & Schweigert, 2015

References

  1. "Eolepadidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/6035. 
  2. "World Register of Marine Species, family Eolepadidae". http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391326. 
  3. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15896296 entry