Galapagos Species Database
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Lepas (Anatifa) pectinata
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Thecostraca
Order
Scalpellomorpha
Superfamily
Lepadoidea
Family
Lepadidae
Genus
Lepas (Anatifa)
Species
pectinata
Taxon category: Accepted
Synm.: Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793 · alternate representation (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
- 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.
- Zullo, V.A. (1991) Zoogeography of the Shallow-Water Cirriped Fauna of the Galápagos Islands ans Adjacent Regions in the Tropical Eastern Pacific In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 173-192.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lepas (Anatifa) pectinata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20482. Accessed 5 November 2026.