Paralepas laxus

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 laxus

Name

• Paralepas laxus Chan, 2009: 61
• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on gastropod shells
• Type locality: PANGLAO 2005 Exped. Stn. CP2343 (9°24.7'N 123°49.4'E, 273-302 m
• Types: Holotype NMCR; paratypes ASIZ CR000215, NMNH 6006-002
• Distribution: Philippines
• ZooBank: 6A54B3A0-20D5-4246-8073-F128EE30CBD8

References

• Chan, B. K-K. 2009: Shallow water and deep-sea barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) collected during the Philippine PANGLAO 2005 Expedition, with descriptions of two new species. Raffles bulletin of zoology, Suppl. 20: 47–82. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

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