Acasta hirsuta

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 hirsuta

Name

• Acasta hirsuta Broch, 1916: 10
  • Symbiont: Commensal on gorgonian Euplexaura
  • Type locality: 45 miles WSW of Cape Jauberl
  • Types:
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 2CF9702B-BB24-46D7-B168-60A07064319D

References

• Broch, H. 1916: Cirripedien. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish scientific expedition to Australia, 1910-1913, No. 8. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 52(8): 1–16. [In German] article BHLReference page.  [See p. 10, original description]

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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. BHLpage|4328515|53]

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