Acasta acuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

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

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Species: Acasta acuta

Name

• Acasta acuta (Kolbasov, 1993): 404
  • Original genus: Membranobalanus
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal in sponge
  • Type locality: 9°42.2'S, 61°04.2'E, 46 m depth; type host Petrosia sp.
  • Typus: Holotype MGU(N Mg 1123), Zoological Museum, Moscow State University
  • Distribution:
  • ZooBank: EAD3FDD8-CF11-46C8-B3C3-CBFEE74DEF09

References

• Kolbasov, G.A. 1993. Revision of the genus Acasta Leach (Cirripedia: Balanoidea). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 109(4): 395–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00307.x Reference page.  [See p. 404, original description as Membranobalanus acutus]

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• Van Syoc, R.J., van Soest, R.W.M., Xavier, J.R. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2015. A phylogenetic overview of sponge-inhabiting barnacles and their host specificity (Crustacea, Cirripedia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4, 62(11): 331–357. PDF Reference page.  [See p. 335, generic re-assignment as Acasta acuta]