Acasta newmani

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 newmani

Name

• Acasta newmani Van Syoc & Winther, 1999: 470
  • Symbiont: Commensal on sponge Poecillastra tenuilaminaris
  • Type locality: Station MB-6904-5, TR#150, 28°57.0'N, 112°35.0'N, 82-100m, 6.4 km north of Punta Willard, off Isla Tiburon, Gulf of California, Mexico
  • Types: CASIZ 88810
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 21D1C044-55A2-477B-A2C2-4598AEF9A40E

References

• Van Syoc, R.J. & Winther, R. 1999: Sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the Americas: A new species of Acasta (Cirripedia, Archaeobalanidae), first record from the Eastern Pacific, including discussion of the evolution of cirral morphology. Crustaceana 72(5): 467-486. JSTORReference page.  [See p. 470]