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Small goose barnacle

Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata) is a species in the family Lepadidae, order Scalpellomorpha.

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Quick facts about the small goose barnacle

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the small goose barnacle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the small goose barnacle as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the small goose barnacle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the small goose barnacle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classThecostraca
  4. orderScalpellomorpha
  5. familyLepadidae
  6. genusLepas
  7. SpeciesLepas pectinata Spengler, 1793
Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Petit anatife à peigneFrench
  • ルリエボシJapanese
  • ruwe eendemosselDutch
  • 櫛茗荷Chinese
  • Ruwe eendenmosselDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the small goose barnacle

Other species in the same genus Lepas.

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Common questions

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Is the small goose barnacle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the small goose barnacle as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the small goose barnacle?

The small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata) belongs to the family Lepadidae in the order Scalpellomorpha.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-goose-barnacle

MLA

“Small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-goose-barnacle.

BibTeX
@misc{small_goose_barnacle_2026,
  title = {Small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-goose-barnacle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}