Conopea fidelis

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Conopea
Species: Conopea fidelis

Name

• Conopea fidelis Carrison-Stone et al., 2013: 11
  • Symbiont: obligate symbiont on gorgonian Muriceopsis tuberculata
  • Type locality: Ponta Baleia, São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea, 0°2.13'N, 6°33.51'E
  • Types: Holotype CASIZ 185252; paratypes CASIZ 174803, 174322, 178651
  • Distribution: Gulf of Guinea
  • ZooBank: 252522DE-A3D4-4FBA-8EF4-5D4014FED8CD

References

• Carrison-Stone, D., Van Syoc, R., Williams, G. & Simison, W.B. 2013. Two new species of the gorgonian inhabiting barnacle, Conopea (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica), from the Gulf of Guinea. ZooKeys 270: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.270.3736 Reference page.  [See p. 11]

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• Carriol, R-P. & Schneider, S. 2016. New species of cirripedes (Calanticidae, Scalpellidae and Archaeobalanidae) from the mid Burdigalian (Miocene) of the North Alpine Foreland Basin. Annales de Paléontologie, 102(1): 41–50. DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2016.01.002 Full article (PDF).Reference page.  [See Table 2, geographic range]