Megatrema youngi

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: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Megatrematinae
Tribus: Megatrematini
Genus: Megatrema
Species: Megatrema youngi

Name

Megatrema youngi Ross; Pitombo, 2002: 63

• Original status: valid species
• Symbiont on scleractinian Agaricia agaricites
• Type locality: Tamandare, reefs from Praia dos Carniros, Brazil, 9° 15' S, 35° 05' W
• Types: Holotype UFPB 2437
• ZooBank: 5DE10002-AD7F-40A0-90A7-F1A614F2D28C

References

• Ross, A. & Pitombo, F.B. 2002: Notes on the coral-inhabiting Megatrematinae and the description of a new tribe, new genus and three new species (Cirripedia: Sessilia: Pyrgomatidae). Sessile organisms 19(2): 57-68. DOI: 10.4282/sosj.19.57 Reference page.  [See p. 63]
• Young, P. S. 1988: Recent cnidarian-associated barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from the Brazilian coast. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 5(3): 353-369. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751988000300001 Reference page.  [See p. 360, as Megatrema madreporarum] (this reference only)