Acasta sulcata akanthosa

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 sulcata
Subspecies: Acasta sulcata akanthosa

Name

• Acasta sulcata akanthosa Perreault, 2016: 374
  • Symbiont: Obligate commensal on sponges
  • Type locality: Madras, India
  • Types:
  • Distribution: Off Madras, Bay of Bengal
  • ZooBank: C7F42812-CA3D-4325-BE38-086EB92F7ECD

Synonyms

• Acasta sulcata spinosa Daniel, 1955: 29, junior homonym
  • ZooBank: 11D44915-F7B3-4A49-834E-1204279A3EF1

References

• Perreault, R.T. 2016. Acasta sulcata akanthosa, new replacement name for Acasta sulcata spinosa. Zootaxa 4169(2): 374–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.6 Reference page. 

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• Daniel, A. 1955. The Cirripedia of the Madras Coast. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum (Natural History Society), new series 6(2): 1–40. Reference page. 
• 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. 54]