Octolasmis uncus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadoidea

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 Ordine: Scalpellomorpha Superfamily: Lepadoidea

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Octolasmis
Species: Octolasmis uncus

Name

Octolasmis uncus Pearse, 1951: 369

• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont in gill chambers of crab Menippe mercenaria
• Type locality: Bimini Island, Bahamas
• Types: USNM 88582
• Distribution: Bahamas
• ZooBank: 6EECFE74-819A-454C-9653-7AE50C216D21

References

• Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 250, considers synonym of Octolasmis lowei]
• Pearse, A.S. 1951. Parasitic Crustacea from Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3280): 341–372. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 369, original description]
• 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.  [See Table 4, host and depth information]

Links

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