Neolepas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Neolepadidae
Genus: Neolepas
Species (4): N. marisindica – N. rapanuii – N. scotiaensis – N. zevinae

[Source: WoRMS]

• Check: †N. augurata –

Name

• Neolepas Newman, 1979: 155
  • Geological range: possible lower Jurassic; Recent
  • Type species: Neolepas zevinae Newman, 1979: 155, OD
  • ZooBank: A9F8532B-A18C-42FF-A1F6-B797373C0407

References

• Newman, W.A. 1979. A new scalpellid (Cirripedia); a Mesozoic relic living near an abyssal hydrothermal spring. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 19(11): 153–167. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 155, original designation]

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• Jones, D.S. 1993. A new Neolepas (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Scalpellidae) from an abyssal hydrothermal vent, southeast Pacific. Bulletin of marine science, 52(3): 937–948. PDF Reference page.  [See for comparisons, discussion with second species]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Neolepas – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Neolepas.
• ION
• Neolepas in the World Register of Marine Species