Acasta undulaterga

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Species: Acasta undulaterga

Name

Acasta udulaterga Yu, Kolbasov, Hosie, Lee & Chan, 2017: 187

• Symbiont: Obligate symbiont on sponges; type host Jaspis splendens
• Type locality: Longdong, Gongliao, New Taipei City, Taiwan (25°06′50.27′′N, 121°55′13.40′′E, water depth 17m)
• Types: Holotype ASIZCR000370; paratype CEL-SNE47-5
• Distribution: Known only from type locality
• ZooBank: 9B78EFED-49E2-4AEE-A067-02BF8F99A1C0

References

• Yu, M-C., Kolbasov, G.A., Hosie, A.M., Lee, T-M. & Chan, B.K.K. 2017. Descriptions of four new sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Thoracica: Archaeobalanidae: Acastinae). Zootaxa 4277(2): 151–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.1. Reference page.