Membranobalanus declivis

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: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Membranobalanus
Species: Membranobalanus declivis

Name

• Membranobalanus declivis (Darwin, 1854): 275
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiontː commensal on sponge
  • Type locality: West Indies; type host Cliona vesparium
  • Typus: BMNH
  • ZooBank: E15BCC13-0F7F-4797-B844-56E7A36459AE

Synonymy

• Balanus declivis cuspidatus Verrill, 1901: 22
  • Original status: valid subspecies
  • Symbiont: commensal on sponge Spongia sp.
  • Type locality: West Indies
  • Typus: YPM
  • Synonymized in Zullo & Beach, 1976ː 8
  • ZooBank: A75963CC-8EBC-434C-BCD5-F8E3C22C54E5

References

• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 275, as Balanus declivis, original description]

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• 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. 53, generic re-assignment as Membranobalanus declivis]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 230, as Balanus (Membranobalanus) declivis]
• Verrill, A.E. 1901. Additions to the fauna of the Bermudas from the Yale expedition of 1901, with notes on other species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 11(1): 15-62. article BHL Reference page.  [See p. 22, as Balanus declivis cuspidatus, junior synonym]
• Zullo, V.A. & Beach, D.B. 1973. New species of Membranobalanus Hoek and Hexecreusia Zullo (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from the Galapagos Archipelago. Contributions in Science 249: 1–16. BHL. Reference page.  [See p. 8, comparison and synonymization]