Epopella
Epopella simplex, Tasmania, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Tetraclitidae
Genus: Epopella
Ross, 1970

Epopella is a genus of symmetrical sessile barnacles in the family Tetraclitidae. There are about six described species in Epopella.[1][2][3]

Characteristics

Species

These species belong to the genus Epopella:

  • Epopella breviscutum (Broch, 1922)
  • Epopella eoplicata Buckeridge, 1983
  • Epopella eosimplex (Darwin, 1854)
  • Epopella kermadeca Foster, 1978
  • Epopella plicata (Gray, 1843)
  • Epopella simplex (Darwin, 1854)

References

  1. ↑ "Epopella". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  2. ↑ "World Register of Marine Species, genus Epopella". Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  3. ↑ Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.


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