Paralepas xenophorae

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: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Paralepas
Species: Paralepas xenophorae

Name

Paralepas xenophorae (Annandale, 1906): 399

• Original genus: Alepas
• Symbiont: Commensal on gastropod Xenophora
• Type locality: off Southwest coast of India, 185 fathoms
• Types: Indian Museum (IM)
• Distribution:
• ZooBank: 002DD5EE-C316-4A17-9651-835D306B1A80

References

• Annandale, N. 1906. Natural history notes from the R.I.M.S. ship 'Investigator', Capt. T.H. Heming, R.N., commanding. -- Series III. No. 12. Preliminary report on the Indian stalked barnacles. Annals and magazine of natural history Series 7, 17(100): 389–400, article 53. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 399, original description as Alepas xenophorae]

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• Newman, W.A. 1960. Five pedunculate Cirripeds From the Western Pacific, Including Two New Forms. Crustaceana, 1(2): 100–116. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 110, as Paralepas xenophorae, generic re-assignment]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1907: The barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin -- United States National Museum 60: 1–122. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 100, as Heteralepas xenophorae, generic re-assignment by inference]

Links

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