Octolasmis brevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Scalpellomorpha Superfamily: Lepadoidea

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Octolasmis
Species: Octolasmis brevis

Name

Octolasmis brevis Pearse, 1951: 370

• Symbiont: obligate commensal on mud crab Panopeus herbstii, in gill chambers
• Type locality: Bimini Island, Bahamas
• Types: Type USNM 88580
• Distribution: Bahamas
• ZooBank: 603B4755-967A-4DFC-9188-24AA0E9DF9DC

References

• Pearse, A.S. 1951. Parasitic Crustacea from Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3280): 341–372. BHL Reference page. 
• Voris, H.K. & Jeffries, W.B. 1997. Size, distribution and significance of capitular plates in Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Poecilasmatidae). Journal of crustacean biology, 17(2): 217-226. DOI: 10.2307/1549272 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Octolasmis brevis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Octolasmis brevis.
• ION
• Octolasmis brevis in the World Register of Marine Species