Acasta japonica

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 Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

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

Name

• Acasta japonica Pilsbry, 1911: 80
  • Original statusː valid subpecies
  • Symbiont: Commensal on sponges
  • Type locality: Albatross station 4936, off Kagoshima Gulf, 103 fathoms
  • Types: USNM 38681
  • Distribution: Malaysian archipelago, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and south Japan, 10-800 m depth
  • ZooBank: 951B216A-0609-44DC-86BA-199DBFBA84D0

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1911. Barnacles of Japan and Bering Sea. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, 29: 61–84. BHLReference page.  [See p. 80, as Acasta spongites japonica, original description]

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• 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]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 243, as Acasta japonica]
• 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. 140] (post 1976 synonymy, and distribution)
• Zullo, V.A. 1968: Catalog of the Cirripedia Named by Henry A. Pilsbry. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 120: 209-235. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 226]