Platylepas decorata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

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: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Platylepadinae
Genus: Platylepas
Species: Platylepas decorata

Name

• Platylepas decorata Darwin, 1854: 429
  • Symbiont: embedded epibiont on sea turtles
  • Type locality: Galapagos Islands, type host unknown
  • Typus:
  • Distribution: Pacific Basin, on sea snakes and turtles
  • ZooBank: 40A3C0F8-5775-45A4-A7E3-CE4E4B8D91C8

Synonyms

• Platylepas multidecorata Daniel, 1962: 641
  • Synonymized in Monroe & Limpus, 1979: 207
  • Type locality: Tokoibuea, Little Andaman; type host Eretmochelys sp.
  • Typus: holotype ZSI C 4316/1; paratypes ZSI C 4317/1, 4318/1
  • ZooBank: B3A7CAE9-DF29-4F92-A7C8-57D3AF43BE47

References

• 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. 429, original description]

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• Daniel, A. 1962. A new species of platylepadid barnacle (Cirripedia: Crustacea) from the green turtle from Little Andaman Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 13, 5(59): 641–645. DOI: 10.1080/00222936208651299 Reference page.  [See p. 641, description of Platylepas multidecorata]
• 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. 267, synonymy, distribution]
• Monroe, R. & Limpus, C.J. 1979: Barnacles on turtles in Queensland waters with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 197–223. Abstract BHL Reference page.  [See p. 206, supplementary description, hosts, distribution]
• 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. 44]