Acasta sandwichi

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
Speciesː Acasta sandwichi

Name

• Acasta sandwichi Yu, Chan, Achituv & Kolbasov, 2017ː 606
  • Symbiontː commensal on sponges
  • Type localityː Daping Yeliou, Wanli, Taiwan; 25°12'45N, 121°42'04E, 18 m; type host Xestospongia testudinaria
  • Typusː Holotype Mg-1228; pararypes Mg-1229, ASIZCR000378-ASIZCR000380
  • Distributionː Taiwan, Western Australia
  • ZooBank: 358520EF-A1DD-49BB-8459-84FAA35C1E61

References

• Yu, M-C., Chan, B.K-K., Achituv, Y. & Kolbasov, G.A. 2017. Four new sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the genus Acasta (Thoracicaː Archaeobalanidaeː Acastinae) fom the Indo-Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65ː 585–615. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 606, original description]

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• Hosie, A.M., Fromont, J., Munyard, K. & Jones, D.S. 2021. New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia. Diversity 13(7), 290: 1–52. DOI: 10.3390/d13070290 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 17, short discussion, new distribution record]