Microlepas

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Etymology

From micro- (“small”, from Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)) +‎ Lepas (genus of barnacles; from Latin lepās and Ancient Greek λεπᾰ́ς (lepắs)). Coined by Dutch marine zoologist Paulus Peronius Cato Hoek in 1907.

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  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Microlepadidae – certain barnacles.
    • 1994 June, J.C. Grignard, M. Jangoux, “Occurrence and effects of symbiotic pedunculate barnacles on echinoid hosts”, in Echinoderms Through Time (overall work in English), page 679:
      Observations done between November 1992 and June 1993 showed that 2% of the individuals of Diadema setosum inhabiting Singapore waters were infested by a pedunculate barnacle of the genus Microlepas (from 1 to 3 Microlepas sp. per echinoid infested).

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