Bryozobia synaptos

Bryozobia synaptos

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: Bryozobiinae
Genus: Bryozobia
Species: Bryozobia synaptos

Name

• Bryozobia synaptos Ross & Newman, 1996: 151
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiont associated with encrusting sponge Clathria sp., attached to calcareous substrates
  • Type locality: South Pass, between the southern end of Grand Recif and coastal reefs, Tulear Lagoon, Madagascar (Malagasy Republic); 23°30'S, 43°42'E, 12 m
  • Typus: Holotype: MNHN Ci-2356; paratypes MNHN Ci-2357; Paratype SIO C-7744.
  • Distribution: subfossil, Madagascar; living, Madagascar to Sri Lanka
  • ZooBank: 7EF83F33-6B6E-45FE-A6ED-740C61E1A46A

References

• Ross, A. & Newman, W. A. 1996: A new sessile barnacle symbiotic with bryozoans from Madagascar and Mauritius (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha): a unique case of co-evolution? Invertebrate Biology 115(2): 150-161. DOI: 10.2307/3227045 JSTORReference page.  [See p. 151]

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• Van Syoc, R. J.; Newman, W.A. 2010: Morphology and evolutionary ecology of a sponge-barnacle symbiosis: Four new genera of barnacles (Archaeobalanidae, Bryozobiinae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 392(1): 65-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.011 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 79, discussion, clarification of symbioses, range extension]