Darwiniella angularis

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: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Pyrgomatinae
Tribus: Pyrgomatini
Genus: Darwiniella
Species: Darwiniella angularis

Name

Darwiniella angularis Chen et al., 2012: 47; figs 2-9

• Original status: valid species
• Symbiont on corals Cyphastrea and Astreopora
• Type locality: Lobster Cave, Siaoliouciou Island, Taiwan (22°20'N, 120°23'E), August 2010, coll. B.K.K. Chan, on host coral Astreopora sp.
• Types: NMNS-6878-001.
• ZooBank: FF17801C-71BB-4B1C-BF4B-F20AB02733B7

Selected references

• Chen, Y.-Y.; Lin, H.-C.; Chan, B.K.K. 2012: Description of a new species of coral-inhabiting barnacle, Darwiniella angularis sp. n. (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatidae) from Taiwan. ZooKeys, 214: 69–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.214.3291 Reference page.