Paralepas georgei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
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 Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Paralepas
Species: Paralepas georgei

Name

• Paralepas georgei Daniel, 1970: 33
  • Symbiont: Epibiont on spiny lobsters and crabs
  • Type locality: Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia (32°00'S, 115°30'E), on Palinurus cygnus
  • Types: Holotype WAM 190-62; paratypes WAM 226-68 (3 specs), WAM 191-62 (5 specs), ZSI C1/2 (5 specs)
  • Distribution: Southern and lower Western coasts of Australia, 40-80 meters, endemic
  • ZooBank: C353D076-0A56-4263-BB0D-B250D46A86A4

References

• Daniel, A. 1970. A new pedunculate barnacle, Paralepas georgei sp. nov. (Crustacea: Cirripedia-Thoracica) epizoic on Australian spiny lobsters and crabs. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 53(2): 33–36. BHL. Reference page.  [See p. 33, original description]

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• Jones, H.P. (ed.) 2012: South Island trip to Arthur's Pass, 1-10 January 2012. Auckland Botanical Society journal 67(2): 109–117. Reference page.  [See p. 369, Australian biogeography]

Links

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