Chionelasmus crosnieri

Chionelasmus crosnieri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chionelasmatoidea

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: Chionelasmatoidea

Familia: Chionelasmatidae
Genus: Chionelasmus
Species: Chionelasmus crosnieri

Name

Chionelasmus crosnieri Buckeridge, 1998: 168

• Symbiont: obligate commensal in octocorals; type host Muricides sp. indet.
• Type locality: New Caledonia; Stn CH05, 24°54'S - 168°22'E, 600-650 m, 15.X.1992
• Typus: Holotype MNHN-Ci 2685; paratypes MNHN-Ci 2686, Ci 2687, Ci 2688, CAX 118
• Distribution: New Caledonia (type area); also reported from Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• ZooBank: 09D64B05-6E88-48ED-9EDF-33AB675CCE0C

References

• Buckeridge, J.S. 1998. A new coral inhabiting barnacle, Chionelasmus crosnieri sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific. Zoosystema, 20(2): 167–176. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [see p. 168, original description]

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• Foster, B.A. 1981. Cirripedes from ocean ridges north of New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 8(3): 349–367. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1981.10430614 Reference page.  [Kermadec occurrence]