Taxonavigation

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Platylepadinae
Genus: Platylepas
Species (8): P. coriacea – P. decorata – P. hexastylos – P. ichthyophila – P. indicus – P. krugeri – †P. mediterranea – P. ophiophila – †P. wilsoni
[Source: WoRMS, and Ross & Frick, 2011]

Check (1): P. multidecorata (may be synonymous with P. decorata), by Monroe & Limpus, 1979

Name

Platylepas Gray, 1825: 105

• Gender: [feminine]
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Platylepas hexastylos (Fabricius, 1798), subsequent designation by Pilsbry, 1916:284

References

⧼Selected references⧽

• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 424]

• Monroe, R.; Limpus, C.J. 1979: Barnacles on turtles in Queensland waters with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 197–223. Abstract Reference page. 

• Newman, W.A.; Ross, A. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 44]

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 284]

• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 62]