Arcalepas brucei

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: Malacolepadidae
Genus: Arcalepas
Species: Arcalepas brucei

Name

• Arcalepas brucei Jones & Morton, 2009: 850
  • Symbiont: Commensal on bivalve Arca navicularis
  • Type locality: Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
  • Types: Holotype QM W28660; paratypes QM W28661, W28684; NHM 2008.4552; WAM C40046, 40047
  • Distribution: Queensland, Australia
  • ZooBank: D00FEBB4-018B-4645-9142-9A8435C9FDD8

References

• Jones, D.S. & Morton, B. 2009. A new genus and species of barnacle (Cirripedia, Pedunculata) commensal with Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Arcoidea) from Queensland, Australia, with an analysis of the relationship. Crustaceana 82(7): 847–868. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 850]

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