Acasta alcyonicola

Acasta alcyonicola

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 alcyonicola

Name

• Acasta alcyonicola Utinomi, 1953: 142
  • Symbiont: Commensal on octocoral
  • Type locality: Ezura, Shirahama, Japanː type host Nephthea crassa
  • Types: Holotype SMBL 122a; paratype SMBL 122b
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 3191341C-917F-4AF9-AEDC-747989DF1819

References

• Utinomi, H. 1953: On two interesting species of epizoic barnacle Acasta from Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto (B) 20(3): 139-144. Reference page.  [See p. 142, original decription]

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• 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. 54]