Acasta conica

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
Species: Acasta conica

Name

• Acasta conica Hoek, 1913: 235
  • Symbiont: Commensal on sponge
  • Type locality: Pulu Barang, Macassar
  • Types: ZMA
  • Distribution: Celebes; Sulu Archipelago, 40-60 m
  • ZooBank: 15183958-C01C-4279-A6C1-E60D09E372E4

References

• Hoek, P.P.C. 1913: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition. B. Siboga Expeditie Monogr. XXXIb, i-xxv: 129–275. BHLReference page.  [See p. 235, original description]

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• 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. 411]
• 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]

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