Acasta echinata

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 echinata

Name

• Acasta echinata Hiro, 1937: 70
  • Symbiont: Commensal on Dendronephthya spinulosa
  • Type locality: Tomioka, Japan
  • Types: Type SMBL 32
  • Distribution: Japan, Vietnam
  • ZooBank: 464E6725-ADB5-4930-ADB7-1E59F43C6B58

References

• Hiro, F. 1937: A new barnacle, Acasta echinata n. sp. imbedded in the stalk of an alyconarian from southern Japan. Zoological Magazine 49(2): 70–71. Reference page.  [See p. 70]
• 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, Table I]
• 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]
• Poltarukha, O. P. & Zvyagintsev, A.Yu. 2008: Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) of Vietnam, and their role in fouling communities. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. 335 p. [In Russian] ISBN 978-5-87317-453-9 Reference page.  [See p. 137] (post 1976 synonymy)