Chthamalus fragilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthamaloidea
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: Chthamaloidea

Chthamalus fragilis Darwin, 1854: 456
- Type locality: Charlestowne, South Carolina
- Typus: Lectotype BMNH 1964.1.2.1; paralectotypes BMNH [1], 1964.1.2.3, 1964.1.2.4, 1979.1027-1036; Cuming Museum 1979.1049-1051
- Distribution: Littoral, Cape Cod, Massachusetts south to West Indies, Yucatán; introduced to Cape Verde
- ZooBank: 61264172-8B4B-4FFE-99F7-7E018C349212

Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page. [See p. 456, as Chthamalus stellatus fragilis]

Dando, P.R.; Southward, A.J. 1980: A new species of Chthamalus (Crustacea: Cirripedia) characterized by enzyme electrophoresis and shell morphology: with a revision of other species of Chthamalus from the western shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 60(3): 787–831. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400040455Reference page. [See p. 815] [some species revision and enzyme electrophoresis]
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. 42, as Chthamalus fragilis]
Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page. [See p. 297, as Chthamalus fragilis] (elevated to full species status)
Poltarukha, O.P. 2006: Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. ISBN 5-87317-278-1. [In Russian] Reference page. [See p. 148] [re-description]