Cylindrolepas darwiniana

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

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Cylindrolepadinae
Genus: Cylindrolepas
Species: Cylindrolepas darwiniana

Name

• Cylindrolepas darwiniana Pilsbry, 1916: 288
  • Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on marine turtles (Caretta caretta or Chelonia mydas type host)
  • Type locality: embedded in turtle skin, locality unknown, probably Caribbean
  • Typus: holotype ANSP 2057, apparently lost
  • Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea; reports from other ocean basins are misidentifications
  • ZooBank: 27DD1031-51CF-4535-9370-074748C6154B

References

Primary references

• 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. 288, original description]

Additional references

• Frick, M.G. & Zardus, J.D. 2010. First authentic report of the turtle barnacle Cylindrolepas darwiniana since its description in 1916. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 30(2): 292–295. DOI: 10.2307/40665219 JSTORReference page.  [See for re-description, occurrences, hosts]
• 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. 45]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 62, comments]