Lepas anatifera

Lepas anatifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Lepadidae
Genus: Lepas
Species:
L. anatifera
Binomial name
Lepas anatifera

Lepas anatifera, commonly known as the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, is a species of barnacle in the family Lepadidae. These barnacles are found, often in large numbers, attached by their flexible stalks to floating timber, the hulls of ships, piers, pilings, seaweed, and various sorts of flotsam.[2]

  1. ^ Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WallaWalla was invoked but never defined (see the help page).