Acasta aspera

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 aspera

Name

Acasta aspera Yu, Kolbasov, Hosie, Lee & Chan, 2017: 155

• Symbiont: On Porifera:
• Type locality: Dabaisha, Green Island (Lyudao), Taitung, Taiwan (22°38′12.03′′N, 121°29′30.93′′E, water depth 8 m); type host Iotroata sp.; other host Crella spinulata
• Types: Holotype ASIZCR000365; paratypes CEL-SGI20-1, ASIZCR000366, WAM C55057, WAM C58741, WAM C58742, WAM C58743
• Distribution: Taiwan and Western Australia
• ZooBank: CA134E6B-1819-48B4-AD91-E14CC75F9536

References

• Yu, M-C., Kolbasov, G.A., Hosie, A.M., Lee, T-M. & Chan, B.K.K. 2017. Descriptions of four new sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Thoracica: Archaeobalanidae: Acastinae). Zootaxa 4277(2): 151–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.1. Reference page. 

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• Hosie, A.M., Fromont, J., Munyard, K. & Jones, D.S. 2021. New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia. Diversity 13(7), 290: 1–52. DOI: 10.3390/d13070290 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 5, hosts, localities]