Order

Scalpellomorpha

Lepas hillii. Photo: (c) Frédéric ANDRE, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Goose barnacles (order Pedunculata), also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Hexanauplia (Barnacles and copepods)
        Subclass: Thecostraca (Barnacles and allies)
        Infraclass: Cirripedia (Barnacles)
        Subterclass: Thoracica (Normal barnacles)
        Superorder: Thoracicalcarea (Thoracican barnacles)
        Order: Scalpellomorpha
        Superfamily: Lepadoidea (3)

Subtaxa

Superfamily: Lepadoidea

Where in Humboldt

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