Hexacreusia puritanae

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: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Hexacreusiinae
Genus: Hexacreusia
Species: Hexacreusia puritanae

Name

• Hexacreusia puritanae Pitombo & Ross, 2002: 90
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on scleractinian Porites californica
  • Type locality: Southesastern end of San Estoban Island, Gulf of California, Mexico 8°41'15"N, 112°34'W, 0-6.4 m
  • Typus: Holotype AMNH 11863
  • Distribution: type area
• ZooBank: 07C93E75-7B30-4741-977D-9E0FD54E226B

References

• 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, original description]