Platylepadidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia:
Subfamiliae (5): Calyptolepadinae – Chelolepadinae – Cylindrolepadinae – Platylepadinae – Stomatolepadinae

Genera (6): †Alabamalepas – Calyptolepas – Chelolepas – Cylindrolepas – Platylepas – Stomatolepas

[Source: Ross & Frick, 2011, modified in Hayashi et al., 2013]

Newman & Ross, 1976: 44
- Type genus: Platylepas
- ZooBank: 4F7E3CDF-70FE-466A-9058-31EEBD9B457F

Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 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, original description]

Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 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 Reference page. [See p. 47, considers as junior synonym of Coronulidae]
Perreault, R.T., Collareta, A. & Buckeridge, J.S. 2025. New fossils from the Oligocene of the southeastern U.S.A. support an ancient origin for the platylepad turtle barnacles (Thoracica, Coronuloidea). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/1264 Reference page. [See p. 60, amended diagnosis, fossil record]
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, emended definition, and for subfamilies]