Acasta huangi

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 huangi

Name

• Acasta huangi Yu, Kolbasov, Hosie, Lee & Chan, 2017: 164
  • Symbiont: Obligate commensal on sponges; type host Jaspis splendens
  • Type locality: Longdong, Gongliao, New Taipei City, Taiwan (25°06′50.27′′N, 121°55′13.40′′E, water depth 17 m)
  • Types: Holotype: ASIZCR000367
  • Distribution: Known only from holotype
  • ZooBank: 2B7E94CE-490F-43E1-AC1F-8DAC9E40DFF5

References

• Yu, M-C., Kolbasov, G.A., Hosie, A.M., Lee, T-M. & Chan, B.K.K. 2017. Descriptions of four new sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Thoracica: Archaeobalanidae: Acastinae). Zootaxa 4277(2): 151–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.1. Reference page.