Acasta umitosaka

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 umitosaka

Name

Acasta umitosaka Utinomi, 1962: 224

• Symbiont: Commensal on alcyonarid Alcyonium gracillimum
• Type locality: Nomosaki
• Types: SMBL 188
• Distribution: Nomosaki, Japan
• ZooBank: E1BB3516-8B36-4FA7-9428-65C2415A2C9A

References

• Utinomi, H. 1962. Studies on the cirripedian fauna of Japan. VIII. Thoracic cirripeds from western Kyusyu. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 10(2): 211-239. articleReference page.  [See p. 224, original description]

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• Kolbasov, G.A. 1993. Revision of the genus Acasta Leach (Cirripedia: Balanoidea). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 109(4): 395–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00307.x 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]