Chelonibia zanzibarensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

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: Coronuloidea

Familia: Chelonibiidae
Subfamilia: Chelonibiinae
Genus: Chelonibia
Species: †Chelonibia zanzibarensis

Name

• Chelonibia zanzibarensis Collareta et al., 2021: 7
  • Geological age: Miocene; lower to middle
  • Type locality: Chake-Chake beds; Ras Kingoje, Pemba Island, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania
  • Typus: holotype NHMUK PI In.26663
  • Distribution: Known only from holotype
  • ZooBank: DECA30E6-F2E0-48EC-BB16-8BB2E78EDDC4

References

• Collareta, A., Newman, W.A.†, Bosio, G. & Coletti, G. 2021. A new chelonibiid from the Miocene of Zanzibar (Eastern Africa) sheds light on the evolution of shell architecture in turtle and whale barnacles (Cirripedia: Coronuloidea). Integrative Zoology 2021; 0; 1–20. DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12554 Reference page.