Euacasta acutaflava

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

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Euacasta
Species: Euacasta acutaflava

Name

• Euacasta acutaflava Hosie, Fromont, Munyard & Jones, 2021: 18
  • Symbiont: commensal on sponge Cymbastela
  • Type locality: Montgomery Reef, Camden Sound, WA, 15°53.895`S 124°10.901`E, intertidal; type host Cymbastela stipitata
  • Typus: Holotype: WAM C58744; paratypes WAM C58745–7, WAM C76401, WAM C61434, WAM C61435, WAM C 76451
  • Distribution: Western Australia
  • ZooBank: 4A7D853C-F70E-46E4-A01B-A8249C53CBE8

References

• Hosie, A.M., Fromont, J., Munyard, K. & Jones, D.S. 2021. New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia. Diversity 13(7), 290: 1–52. DOI: 10.3390/d13070290 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 18, original description]