Octomeris angulosa

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: Octomeris angulosa

Name

• Octomeris angulosa Sowerby, 1825: 245
  • Type locality: Cape of Good Hope
  • Typus: BMNH
  • Distribution: Littoral, South Africa
  • ZooBank: 4EC55C98-73AB-4189-A3EE-C5CAAF89ACC0

Synonyms

• Octomeris stuchburii Gray, 1825: 104 (junior synonym)
  • Synonymized in Darwin, 1854
  • ZooBank: E4A4FC67-DFC7-457E-8629-3204B8C7D127

References

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

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• 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. 483]
• 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.  [See p. 40]
• 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. 80]