Acasta turriformis

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 turriformis

Name

• Acasta turriformis Yu et al., 2017ː 586
  • Symbiontː commensal on sponges
  • Type localityː Gongguan, Green Island, Taitung, Taiwan, 22°40′47″N, 121°29′29″E, 9 m; type host Lissodendoryx sp.
  • Typusː holotype Mg-1230; paratypes Mg-1231, ASIZCR000371, ASIZCR000372
  • Distributionː Taiwan
  • ZooBank: [1]

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. 586, original description]