Archiacasta membranacea

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: Archiacasta
Species: Archiacasta membranacea

Name

• Archiacasta membranacea (Barnard, 1924): 84
  • Original genus: Acasta
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiontː commensal on sponge families Pachastrellidae and Tethyidae
  • Type locality: Durnford Point NW 3/4 W, distant 12 miles (Zululand), 90 fathoms
  • Types: Holotype SAM A 3923; paratypes A 4212, A 42222/4227
  • ZooBank: 7A88A76B-8087-457C-8062-124D320F342B

References

• Barnard, K.H. 1924: Contribution to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 7. Cirripedia. Annals of the South African Museum Cape Town, 20: 1–103. BHLReference page.  [see p. 84, as Acasta membranacea]

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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.  [see p. 407, generic reassignment]
• 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]