Cylindrolepas sinica

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

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

Name

• Cylindrolepas sinica Ren, 1980: 194
  • Symbiont: commensal on sea turtles
  • Type locality: Xisha Island, on Chelonia mydas, type host
  • Typus:
  • Distribution: South China Sea, Japan, on marine turtles (Chelonia mydas, Caretta caretta, Eretmochelys imbricata)

References

• Ren, X-Q. 1980. Turtle barnacles of the Xisha Islands, Guangdong Province, China. Studia Marina Sinica 17: 187–197. Reference page.  [See p. 194, original description]

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• 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.  (Discussion of C. sinica as Platylepas)
• Hayashi, R. 2013: Intraspecific variation in the turtle barnacle, Cylindrolepas sinica Ren, 1980 (Cirripedia, Thoracica, Coronuloidea), with brief notes on habitat selectivity. ZooKeys 327: 35–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.327.5732 Reference page.  [See for redescription, DNA results]
• 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]