Acasta demura

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 demura

Name

• Acasta demura Foster & Buckeridge, 1995: 374
  • Symbiont: commensal on alyconarian coral
  • Type locality: Cruise MD 32, La Reunion: CP 43, 77 m, Southwest Indian Ocean
  • Types: holotype dissected specimen of fig 15J, MNHN Ci 2141; paratypes MNHN Ci 2142
  • Distribution: Reported only from type locality
  • ZooBank: 72B6BF8D-B392-46A4-84C4-738C917111B4

References

Primary references

• Foster, B.A. & Buckeridge, J.S. 1995. Barnacles (Cirripedia, Thoracica) of seas off Reunion Island and the East Indies. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (A), 4th series 16(2–4): 345–382. Reference page.  [See p. 374, original description]