Membranobalanus porphyrophilus

Membranobalanus porphyrophilus

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: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Membranobalanus
Species: Membranobalanus porphyrophilus

Name

• Membranobalanus porphyrophilus Hosie & Jones In Hosie et al., 2019: 29
  • Symbiont: Embedded commensal in sponge Spheciospongia purpurea (specimen number WAM Z86929)
  • Type locality: Western Australia SE of Rottnest Island, Wallace Island, The Count; 32°0.89'S, 115°33.53'E; 12 m
  • Types: Holotype WAM C66803, 1 hermaphrodite: paratypes WAM C71852, 1 hermaphrodite; WAM C71853, 1 hermaphrodite; WAM C71881, 1 hermaphrodite; SAMA C12706, 1 hermaphrodite; SAMA S2910, SAMA C12707, 1 hermaphrodite; SAMA C12708, 1 hermaphrodite;
  • Distribution: Southern Australia, Perth to Adelaide
  • ZooBank: 170E814F-E3ED-4120-8622-EC4230353C65

References

• Hosie, A.M., Fromont, J., Munyard, K. & Jones, D.S. 2019. Description of a new species of Membranobalanus (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from southern Australia. Zookeys, 873: 35–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.873.35421 Reference page.  [See p. 29, original description]