Notomegabalanus squillae

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: Balanidae
Subfamilia: Megabalaninae
Tribus: Austromegabalanini
Genus: Notomegabalanus
Species: Notomegabalanus squillae

Name

Notomegabalanus squillae (Daniel & Ghosh, 1963: 477)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Original status: valid species
• Commensal symbiont on stomatopod Squilla sp.
• Type locality: Madras Coast, India
• Types: R. Daniel collection
• ZooBank: 08C43EF3-FBDD-45BE-8826-62A24155B602

References

• Damiel, A.; Ghosh, A. 1963: A new cirripede of the genus Megabalanus from the stomatopod (Squilla sp.) from Madras. Annals and magazine of natural history (13), 6(68): 477–479. DOI: 10.1080/00222936308651385 Reference page.  [See p. 477, as Balanus (Megabalanus) squillae]
• Pether, J. 1990. A new Austromegabalanus (Cirrepedia, Balanidae) from the Pliocene of Namaqualand, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 99(1): 1–13. article BHL Reference page.  [See p. 9]
• Pitombo, F.B. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the Balanidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologica Scripta 33(3): 261–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-3256.2004.00145.x Reference page.  [See p. 276, as Notomegabalanus squillae] (erroneously noted as extinct)