Platylepas

Platylepas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea
Template:Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Platylepadinae
Genus: Platylepas
Species (9): P. coriacea – P. decorata – P. hexastylos – P. ichthyophila – P. indicus – P. krugeri – †P. mediterranea – P. ophiophila – †P. wilsoni

[Source: WoRMS, and Ross & Frick, 2011]

Name

• Platylepas Gray, 1825: 105]
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Lepas hexastylos (Fabricius, 1798), subsequent designation by Pilsbry, 1916: 284
  • ZooBank: 71AF14EC-55C0-49E0-A19B-6B4EE12152A7

Synonyms

Columellina Bivona, 1832

• Type species: Coronula bisexlobata Blainville, 1824
• Synonymized in Darwin, 1854: 424

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of Cirripedes arranged in natural families, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy new series 10: 97–107. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 105]

Additional references

• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 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 Reference page.  [See p. 47]
• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 424]
• Monroe, R. & Limpus, C.J. 1979: Barnacles on turtles in Queensland waters with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 197–223. Abstract BHL Reference page. 
• Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 44]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 105]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.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). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 62]