Galatheascus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhizocephala
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: Rhizocephala

Familia: Peltogastridae
Genusː Galatheascus
Species (2)ː G. babai – G. striatus

Name

• Galatheascus Boschma, 1929ː 74
  • Type speciesː Galatheascus striatus Boschma, 1929ː 76, OD
  • ZooBank: DF4B0CB6-FC7D-4064-81BD-68DC3628233E

References

• Boschma, H. 1929. Galatheascus striatus -- A new rhizocephalan. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 16(1): 73-79. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400029714 Reference page.  [See p. 74, original description]

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• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page.  [See p. 38, mention in family]
• Høeg, J.T., Noever, C., Rees, D.J., Crandall, K. & Glenner, H. 2020. A new molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of parasitic barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 632–653. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz140 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 641, discussion]

Links

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