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Platylepadidae Newman & Ross 1976

Description

Family Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976: 44

(nom. transl. Ross & Frick, 2007: 3)

Type genus. Platylepas Gray, 1825; by original designation of Newman & Ross (1976: 44).

Diagnosis. Wall six-plated (R-CL1-CL2-C) or eight-plated in juvenile specimens (R-RL-CL1-CL2-C); relatively thin; parietes each with midrib and/or tooth; longitudinal tubes when present external (internal in Chelolepas); apertural hood absent (except in Chelolepas); primary or internal lamina (including the sheath) solid, outer lamina (when present) formed by joining of longitudinal T-shaped flanges extending from inner wall, thus forming external longitudinal canals.

Notes

Published as part of Ross, Arnold & Frick, Michael G., 2011, Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007 — including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha), pp. 60-66 in Zootaxa 3106 on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201378

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Newman & Ross
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Sessilia
Family
Platylepadidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Platylepadidae Newman, 1976 sec. Ross & Frick, 2011

References

  • Newman, W. A. & Ross, A. (1976) Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir, 9, 1 - 108.
  • Gray, J. E. (1825) A synopsis on the genera of Cirripedes arranged in natural families, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy new series, 10, 97 - 107.