Zulloana straeleni

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: Zulloana
Species: Zulloana straeleni

Name

• Zulloana straeleni (Zullo & Beach, 1973): 11
  • Original genus: Hexacreusia
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on ahermatypic scleractinian Balanophyllia sp.
  • Type locality: off Beagle Island, Galapagos, 55-90 m depth
  • Typus: Holotype and paratypes LACMIP
  • ZooBank: A25F79CF-BFF2-4304-96F7-D5030F7CBF7C

References

• Zullo, V.A. & Beach, D.B. 1973. New species of Membranobalanus Hoek and Hexecreusia Zullo (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from the Galapagos Archipelago. Contributions in Science 249: 1–16. BHL. Reference page.  [See p. 11], as Hexacreusia straeleni, 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) straeleni, 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. 91, as Zulloana straeleni, generic re-assignment]]