Heteralepas rex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
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 Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Heteralepas
Species: Heteralepas rex

Name

• Heteralepas rex (Pilsbry, 1907): 186
  • Original genus: Alepas
  • Type locality: Albatross station 3998, near Kauai Island, 228-235 fathoms
  • Types: Type USNM 32402
  • Distribution: Hawaiian Islands, 415-428 fathoms
  • ZooBank: 897E6E78-18CE-41C5-8AFC-CE3E222F2A59

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1907: Hawaiian Cirripedia. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 26: 181–190. BHLReference page.  [See p. 186, original description, as Alepas rex]

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• Buhl-Mortensen, L. & Newman, W.A., 2004: A new pedunculate barnacle (Cirripedia: Heteralepadidae) from the Northwest Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117(3): 385–397. BHLReference page.  [See Table 1]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1907: The barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin -- United States National Museum 60: 1–122. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 100, generic reassignment as Heteralepas rex]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Heteralepas rex – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Heteralepas rex.
• ION
• Heteralepas rex in the World Register of Marine Species