Acasta cyathus

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 cyathus

Name

Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854: 312

• Symbiont: Commensal in sponge families Stelletidae, Haliclonidae, Dysidaeidae, Spongiidae
• Type locality: Madiera
• Types: BMNH
• Distribution: Cosmopolitan in warm seas
• ZooBank: 4957FED9-681E-47B2-950D-7920867605B3

References

• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 312]

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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. 53]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 244]