Conchoderma

Conchoderma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Infraclass: Cirripedia
Order: Pedunculata
Family: Lepadidae
Genus: Conchoderma
v. Olfers, 1817
Type species
Lepas aurita
Linnaeus, 1767

Conchoderma is a genus of goose barnacles in the family Lepadidae, containing the following species:[1]

Notes

  1. The authority for Conchoderma auritum is correctly "(Linnaeus, 1767)",[2][3][4] but is often given as "(Linnaeus, 1758)"; the species dates from the 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae (as "Lepas aurita"), and does not appear in the 1758 10th edition.

References

  1. Benny K. K. Chan (2012). "Conchoderma v. Olfers, 1817". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  2. Ljubimka Igić. "Cirripedia of Adriatic" (PDF). Studia Marina 24 (2): 1–168.
  3. "Lepas aurita". Catalogue of Life, China: 2010 Annual Checklist. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  4. L. S. Jennings (1918). "Revision of the Cirripedia of New Zealand" (PDF). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 50: 56–63.


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