Acasta clausa

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 Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Speciesː Acasta clausa

Name

• Acasta clausa Yu, Chan, Achituv & Kolbasov, 2017ː 599
  • Symbiontː Obligate commensal embedded in sponges
  • Type localityː southwest part of Green Island, Taitung, Taiwan; 22°38′20″N, 121°28′46″E, 21 m; type host Halichondria sp.
  • Typusː Holotype Mg-1224; paratypes Mg-1225, ASIZCR000376, ASIZCR000377
  • Distributionː Taiwan, Indonesia
  • ZooBank: EB3CC3E5-6596-4F75-AE4A-A8EC7AF5A02D

References

• Yu, M-C., Chan, B.K-K., Achituv, Y. & Kolbasov, G.A. 2017. Four new sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the genus Acasta (Thoracicaː Archaeobalanidaeː Acastinae) fom the Indo-Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65ː 585–615. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 599, original description]

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