Mycetomorpha vancouverensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycetomorphidae
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: Rhizocephala Familiaː Mycetomorphidae

Genusː Mycetomorpha
Speciesː Mycetomorpha vancouverensis

Name

• Mycetomorpha vancouverensis Potts, 1912ː 575
  • Symbiontː parasite on Caridea
  • Type localityː Gulf of Georgia, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, B.C., 99-154 m; type host Crangon communis
  • Typusː USNM, apparently lost
  • Distributionː North Pacific, Bering Sea to north Sea of Japan
  • ZooBank: 518FCE9D-8898-470E-92DD-20F2E86642CE

References

• Potts, F.A. 1912. Mycetomorpha, a new rhizocephalan (with a note on the sexual condition of Sylon). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 33(6)ː 575–594. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 575, original description]

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• Høeg, J.T. & Rybakov, A.V. 1992. Revision of the Rhizocephala Akentrogonida (Cirripedia), with a list of all the species and a key to the identification of families. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12(4)ː 600–609. DOI: 10.2307/1548840 JSTOR Reference page.  [See Table I, distribution, hosts]
• Høeg, J.T. & Rybakov, A.V. 1996. Development and taxonomy of the Mycetomorphidae and the significance of their reproductive system in rhizocephalan evolution (Crustaceaː Cirripediaː Rhizocephala). Zoologischer Anzeiger 234: 253–269. Reference page.  [See p. 255, host, distribution, types status]
• Miroliubov, A., Lianguzova, A., Krupenko, D., Poliushkevich, L., Novokreshchennykh, S., Arbuzova, N. & Kremnev, G. 2024. Internal Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of Mycetomorpha vancouverensis (Pancrustacea: Rhizocephala), an Enigmatic Parasitic Barnacle. Biology 2024, 13(12): 968. DOI: 10.3390/biology13120968 Reference page.