Ceratoconcha domingensis

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: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Ceratoconchinae
Genus: Ceratoconcha
Species: Ceratoconcha domingensis

Name

• Ceratoconcha domingensis (Moulins, 1866): 307
  • Original genus: Creusia
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on hermatypic corals
  • Type locality: Port-au-Prince, Haiti; type host Porites astreoides
  • Typus:
  • Distribution: Haiti, Dry Tortugas, Florida, Bahamas
  • ZooBank: 50352480-07AE-4952-8655-B6CC88CDDD8C

Synonymy

• Ceratoconcha quarta Bacon, 1976 (junior synonym, this reference only)

References

• des Moulins, C. 1868. Liste des principaux fossiles recueilles par les membres de la societe A. Cazeneuve dans Ie Calcaire de Razas pendant l'excursion de la 50· Fete Linneenne. Actes de la Societes Linneenne de Bourdeaux, 26 (ser 3, 6): 293–312. BHL Reference page.  [see p. 307, as Creusia domingensis, 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. 58]
• Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 1973. Revision of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17: 137-174. BHLReference page.  [See p. 166, as Ceratoconcha domingensis, generic re-assignment]
• Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 2000: Pyrgoma cancellatum: A Question of Dates (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatidae). Crustaceana 73(5): 629-630. JSTOR Reference page.  [See Table I]