Acasta gregaria

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 gregaria

Name

• Acasta gregaria Utinomi, 1959: 314
  • Symbiont: Commensal on gorgonian
  • Type locality: Tanabe Bay, Prov. Kii, Japan; type host Euplexaura sp.
  • Types: Holotype SMBL 176a; paratypes SMBL 176b, 177
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 689D9A34-838F-4F3C-AAFF-7E846451CC47

References

• Utinomi, H. 1959: A new gall-forming barnacle imbedded in the bark of a gorgonacean colony (Acasta gregaria n. sp.). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 7(3): 313-318. Full article (PDF)Reference page.  [See p. 314]

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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]