Koleolepas avis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
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 Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Koleolepadidae
Genus: Koleolepas
Species: Koleolepas avis

Name

• Koleolepas avis (Hiro, 1931: 147)
  • Original genus: Heteralepas (Heteralepas)
  • Symbiont: Parasitic, living under pedal disc of sea anemone Calliactis japonica attached to gastropod shells inhabited by pagurid crabs Dardanus ssp.; life mode includes cropping host's tentacles.
  • Type locality: Misaki, Sagami Bay, Japan
  • Types: Holotype SMBL 19
  • Distribution: Sagami Bay, Japan, East China Sea, northern Western Australia, 10-230 m
  • ZooBank: 2B4726D6-6C87-4186-ADB4-05E74C6A6E10

References

• Hiro, F. 1931: Notes on some new Cirripedia from Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University Series B 7(3): 143–158. pdfReference page.  [See p. 147, as Heteralepas (Heteralepas) avis]

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• Hiro, F. 1933: Notes on two interesting pedunculate Cirripeds, Malacolepas conchicola n. gen. et sp. and Koleolepas avis (Hiro) with remarks on their systematic positions. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 8: 233–247. Reference page.  [See p. 239, as Koleolepas avis]
• Hosie, A.M. 2014: Review of the stalked barnacle genus Koleolepas (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Koleolepadidae), with new records from Australian waters. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29(1): 1–9. Abstract and full article (PDF) on publisher website Reference page.  [See p. 3]
• Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 244, distribution, synonymy]

External links

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

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