Hexacreusia durhami

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Hexacreusiinae
Genus: Hexacreusia
Species: Hexacreusia durhami

Name

• Hexacreusia durhami (Zullo, 1961): 73
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Original status: valid species
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: late Pliocene to Recent, Gulf of California, Mexican coast
  • Symbiont: commensal on Porites californicus, type host
  • Type locality: Coyote Bay, Baja California, app. 26°12'N, 111°12'W
  • Typus: Holotype UCMP 34689; paratypes UCMP 34690, 34691
  • ZooBank: 244FF981-E588-452A-AD6B-77810740561A

References

• Zullo, V.A. 1961. A new subgenus and species of coral inhabiting barnacle from the Gulf of California. Veliger 4(2): 73–75. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 73, as Balanus (Hexacreusia) durhami, original description]

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• 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. 50, as Armatobalanus (Hexacreusia) durhami, generic re-assignment]
• Pitombo, F.B. & Ross, A. 2002: A review of the Hexacreusia species complex: Eastern Pacific coral barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 60(2): 89–94. Reference page.  [See p. 90]
• Ross, A. 1962. Results of the Puritan-American Museum of Natural History Expedition to western Mexico. 15. The littoral balanomorph Cirripedia. American Museum novitates 2084: 1-44. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 27, re-description, fossil record, distribution]
• Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 1973. Revision of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17: 137-174. BHLReference page.  [See p. 148, as Balanus (Armatobalanus) durhami]