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Lepadidae

noun
1.
Goose barnacles.  Synonym: family Lepadidae.






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"Lepadidae" Quotes from Famous Books



... remarks, we have in Anelasma an animal in an almost exactly intermediate condition, for it has root-like processes embedded in the skin of the shark on which it is parasitic, and its prehensile cirri and mouth (as described in my monograph on the Lepadidae, 'Ray Soc.' 1851, p. 169) are in a most feeble and almost rudimentary condition. Dr. R. Kossmann has given a very interesting discussion on this subject in his 'Suctoria and Lepadidae,' 1873. See also, Dr. Dohrn, 'Der Ursprung ...
— Insectivorous Plants • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Lepadidae" :   Cirripedia, arthropod family, Lepas, subclass Cirripedia, genus Lepas



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