Microporatria loreleyae

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Bryozobiinae
Genus: Microporatria
Species: Microporatria loreleyae

Name

• Microporatria loreleyae van Syoc & Newman, 2010: 75
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiont: commensal on sponge family Microcionidae
  • Type locality: Solomon Islands, Florida Group, west side of Hanesavo Island; 8°54′S, 159°58′E; 25 ft (7.62 m)
  • Types: holotype CASIZ 104578; Paratypes CAS 104588, CAS 104589
  • Distribution: Solomon Islands
  • ZooBank: E0BE8868-779D-4E26-9E23-55A59A787775

References

• Van Syoc, R. J.; Newman, W.A. 2010: Morphology and evolutionary ecology of a sponge-barnacle symbiosis: Four new genera of barnacles (Archaeobalanidae, Bryozobiinae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 392(1): 65-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.011 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 75]