Acasta caveata

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

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

Name

• Acasta caveata Hosie, Fromont, Munyard & Jones, 2021: 6
  • Symbiont: Commensal in sponge Niphatidae
  • Type locality: S of Sponge Garden, NW side of Exmouth Gulf, WA, 21◦49′15′′ S 114◦12′34′′ E, 22 m, NCB Exmouth/Muiron Expedition, stn. 14/EM16
  • Typus: Holotype: WAM C67716; paratype WAM C67717
  • Distribution: Western Australia; Exmouth Gulf
  • ZooBank: 822DA9C9-F414-4E2E-9C44-E065990C08E3

References

• 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. 6, original description