Conopea mjobergi

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: Conopea
Species: Conopea mjobergi

Name

• Conopea mjobergi (Broch, 1916): 7
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on gorgonian Echinogorgia
  • Type locality: Pearling ground, WSW of Cape Jaubert, on Echinogorgia
  • Types:
  • Distribution: Cape Jaubert, Australia
  • ZooBank: 7D2D875C-1BF0-49B2-BEEB-C513F179DF3E

References

• Broch, H. 1916: Cirripedien. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish scientific expedition to Australia, 1910-1913, No. 8. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 52(8): 1–16. [In German] article BHLReference page.  [See p. 7, original description as Balanus mjobergi]

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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, distribution data]
• 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 mjobergi]
• 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 data]