HETERALEPADIDAE Nilsson-Cantell, 1921

Pitriana, Pipit, Jones, Diana S., Corbari, Laure & Rintelen, Kristina von, 2020, New insights gained from museum collections: Deep-sea barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, collected during the Karubar expedition in 1991, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 649-698 : 649

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scientific name	HETERALEPADIDAE Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
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Treatment

Family HETERALEPADIDAE Nilsson-Cantell, 1921

Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921: 245

Lepadidae Darwin, 1852: 8 (part.)

Diagnosis.

Capitulum naked, thick-walled, globular, supported by stout peduncle; filamentary appendage at base of cirrus I; caudal appendage multi-segmented; cirri ctenopod or acanthopod, rarely lasiopod.

Type genus.

Heteralepas Pilsbry, 1907a.

Remarks.

The family consists of two genera: Heteralepas Pilsbry, 1907a and Paralepas Pilsbry, 1907a.