Conopea merrilli

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

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

Name

Conopea merrilli (Zullo, 1966: 237)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Symbiont: obligate commensal on gorgonian sea fans, on trunks
• Type locality: Station 11a, off Sandy Point, Raccoon Key, South Carolina, 45.7 m
• Types: USNM 112437; paratypes USNM 112438/1-2
• Distribution: South Carolina; west coast of Florida; Puerto Rico; reported from Gulf of Mexico (Florida, USA and Vera Cruz, Mexico)
• ZooBank: 47EE4856-80C0-4CE8-A0DE-7D2DDF4BE4D0

References

• 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, distribution]
• 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. 55]
• Zullo, V.A. 1966: Thoracic cirripedia from the Continental Shelf off South Carolina, USA. Crustaceana 11(3): 229-244. JSTORReference page.  [See p. 237, as Balanus (Conopea) merrilli)]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Conopea merrilli – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Conopea merrilli.
• ION
• Conopea merrilli in the World Register of Marine Species