Acasta fragilis

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: Acasta
Species: Acasta fragilis

Name

• Acasta fragilis (Broch, 1931: 92)
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on "gorgonian"
  • Type locality: Amboina Bay, 100-140 m
  • Types: Syntype ZMUC 9045; cotype ZMUC 6455
  • Distribution: Amboina bay, Ambon, Indonesia
  • ZooBank: 5C1EDEF1-731B-46DE-8870-9862E844D276

References

• Broch, H. 1931: Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. LVI. Indomalayan Cirripedia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 91: 1–146. Reference page.  [See p. 92, as Balanus fragilis] (original description)

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• Carriol, R-P. & Schneider, S. 2016. New species of cirripedes (Calanticidae, Scalpellidae and Archaeobalanidae) from the mid Burdigalian (Miocene) of the North Alpine Foreland Basin. Annales de Paléontologie, 102(1): 41–50. DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2016.01.002 Full article (PDF).Reference page.  [See Table 2, geographic data]
• Kolbasov, G.A., Chan, B.K-K., Molodtsova, T. & Achituv, Y. 2016. Revision of the coral-inhabiting genus Conopea (Cirripedia: Archaeobalanidae) with description of two new species of the genera Conopea and Acasta. Zootaxa 4178(2): 182–208. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.2.2. Reference page.  [See p. 196, transfer to Acasta]
• 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. 55, as Conopea fragilis]
• Van Syoc, R.J., Carrison-Stone, D., Madrona, L., & Williams, G.C. 2014. Barnacle symbionts of gorgonian sea fans: Description of Seven New Species (Archaeobalanidae:Cirripedia) from the Philippines, Including a Key to Western Pacific Species of Conopea. Pp. 171–211 In Williams, G.C. & Gosliner, T.M., (eds.) 2014. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, 94118, USA, 592 p. ISBN 0-940228-75-0. BHL Reference page.  Reference page.  [See Table 8, host taxa]