Berndtia purpurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrothoracica
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: Acrothoracica

Ordo: Lithoglyptida
Familia: Lithoglyptidae
Subfamilia: Berndtiinae
Genus: Berndtia
Species: Berndtia purpurea

Name

• Berndtia purpurea Utinomi, 1850: 84
  • Symbiont: epibiont burriwing into live corals Leptastrea and Psammocora
  • Type locality: Tanabe Bay, Japan; type host Leptastrea purpurea
  • Typus: Syntypes SMBL 53
  • Distribution: Taiwan, Pacific coast of southern Japan
  • ZooBank: 1167CF83-1B9F-4043-9BD8-50B7CD6BAA89

References

• Utinomi, H. 1950. A New Remarkable Coral-boring Acrothoracican Cirriped. Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto, Series B 19(3): 87–93. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 84, original description]

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• Chan, B.K.K., Kolbasov, G.A., Hirose, M., Mezaki, T. & Suwa, R. 2014. Biodiversity and biogeography of the coral boring barnacles of the genus Berndtia (Cirripedia: Acrothoracica) in the West Pacific, with description of three new species. Journal of natural history 48(25-26): 1503–1541. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.896488 Reference page.  [See p. 1522, redescription]
• Tomlinson, J.T. 1969: The burrowing barnacles (Cirripedia: Order Acrothoracica). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 296: 1–162. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 79]