Acasta fenestrata

Acasta fenestrata

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 Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Species: Acasta fenestrata

Name

• Acasta fenestrata Darwin, 1854: 316
  • Symbiont: Commensal on sponge family Haliclonidae
  • Type locality: Philippine Archipelago
  • Types: BMNH
  • Distribution: Australia north coast, Red Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Reunion Island, Thailand, 0-135 m
  • ZooBank: CE485EEF-4E67-40F9-B18F-B3822C7B4F6D

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. 316]

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• Hosie, A.M., Fromont, J., Munyard, K. & Jones, D.S. 2021. New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia. Diversity 13(7), 290: 1–52. DOI: 10.3390/d13070290 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 12, extensive redescription, discussion, localities]
• 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]