Galkinius indicus

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: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Pyrgomatinae
Tribus: Pyrgomatini
Genus: Galkinius
Species: Galkinius indicus

Name

Galkinius indicus (Annandale, 1924: 61)

• Original genus: Pyrgoma
• Original status: valid species
• Symbiont on scleractinian Hydnophora microconus
• Annandale's type locality: Pilai Island, Mergui Archipelago, Bay of Bengal
• Types:
• ZooBank: 3348F416-9ABF-4EE7-9BAB-2A1829065208

Synonymy

• Creusia spinulosa angustiradiata Broch, 1931: 118
• Original status: proposed as "form" of Creusia spinulosa
• ZooBank: 4657A726-B75E-4BBD-864E-97955A087389
• Pyrgoma indicum merulinae Annandale, 1924: 65
• Original status: proposed as "phase" of Pyrgoma indicum
• ZooBank: B8C2341A-B13A-4348-B46B-AB16D81E066A
• Pyrgoma indicum symphylliae Annandale, 1924: 65
• Original status: proposed as "phase" of Pyrgoma indicum
• ZooBank: 846C05C5-EE60-4097-AC15-AE99C5B15C74

References

• Annandale, N. 1924: Cirripeds associated with Indian corals of the families Astraeidae and Fungidae. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 8(1): 61–68. Reference page.  [See p. 61, as Pyrgoma indicum]
• Chan, B.K.K.; Chen, Y-Y; Liu, H-C 2013: Biodiversity and host-specificity of coral barnacles of Galkinia (Cirripedia: Pyrgomatidae) in Taiwan, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 33(3): 392–431. JSTORDOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002134 Reference page.  [See p. 415, as Galkinia indica]
• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 381, as Creusia spinulosa var. 11] (original citation, not formally named)
• Galkin, S.V. 1986: System of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologicheskiy zhurnal, 65(9): 1285–1295. (In Russian) Reference page.  [See p. 1288, as Utinomia indica]
• 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. 57, as Creusia indicum]
• Ross, A.; Newman, W.A. 1995: A coral-eating barnacle, revisited (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatidae). Contributions to Zoology 65(3): 129-175. Reference page.  [See p. 166, as Galkinia indica]