Acasta lappa

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 lappa

Name

• Acasta lappa Yu et al., 2020: 3
  • Symbiont: commensal in sponge Mycale sp. (type host)
  • Type locality: Koh Khangkhao (Bat I.), Koh Sichang (Sichang I.), Chonburi, Thailand (13°06.624'N, 110°48.293'E, 5 m
  • Typus: holotype PMBC21160; paratypes ASIZCR000436-000439
  • Distribution: Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, 5-25 m
  • ZooBank: D2AA6080-6427-4B5E-9250-B3BD8970AC6D

References

• Yu, M-C., Chan, B.K-K., Kolbasov, G.A. & Ganmanee, M. 2020. Biodiversity and host specificity of sponge-associated barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) in Thailand. Journal of crustacean biology, 40(6): 1-27. DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa080 Reference page.