Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lepas (Lepas) anatifera
Balano escarabajo, Gooseneck Barnacle
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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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This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Lepas (Lepas) anatifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20462. Accessed 5 May 2025.