Malacolepas conchicola

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: Malacolepadidae
Genus: Malacolepas
Species: Malacolepas conchicola

Name

Malacolepas conchicola Hiro, 1933: 234

• Symbiont: Commensal on bivalve Cucullaea
• Type locality: Seto, Japan; type host Cucullaea concamerata
• Types: Holotype SMBL 13; paratype SMBL 87
• Distribution: Japan
• ZooBank: 110D2F88-6AA4-42F7-B4ED-F769DE0FDBFD

References

• 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. 234]

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• Jones, D.S. & Morton, B. 2009. A new genus and species of barnacle (Cirripedia, Pedunculata) commensal with Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Arcoidea) from Queensland, Australia, with an analysis of the relationship. Crustaceana 82(7): 847–868. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 853, host species]

External links

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