Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Lepas (Lepas) anatifera Linnaeus, 1758

Balano escarabajo, Gooseneck Barnacle

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Thecostraca

Order
Scalpellomorpha

Superfamily
Lepadoidea

Family
Lepadidae

Genus
Lepas (Lepas)

Species
anatifera

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lepas (Lepas) anatifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20462. Accessed 5 May 2025.