Octomeris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthamaloidea

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: Chthamaloidea

Familia: Chthamalidae
Subfamilia: Notochthamalinae
Genus: Octomeris
Species (3): O. angulosa – O. brunnea – O. intermedia

Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based on Octomeris in the World Register of Marine Species, plus authors

Name

• Octomeris Sowerby, 1825: 244
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type Species: Octomeris angulosa Sowerby, 1825, by monotypy
  • ZooBank: A55C8791-966C-43B6-98B4-10137326124F

References

• Sowerby, G.B. 1825. On a new genus of cirripedes. The Zoological Journal 2(6): 244–245. BHL. Reference page.  [See p. 244, original description]

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• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page.  [See p. 45]
• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 482]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  40]
• Poltarukha, O.P. 1996: Composition, phylogeny and position in system of the subfamily Notochthamalinae (Crustacea, Chthamalidae). Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 75(7): 985–994. [In Russian] Reference page.  [See p. 993]
• Poltarukha, O.P. 2006: Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. ISBN 5-87317-278-1. [In Russian] Reference page.  [See p. 79]