Polyascus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhizocephala
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 Superordo: Rhizocephala

Familiaː Polyascidae
Genusː Polyascus
Species (3)ː P. gregarius – P. planus – P. polygeneus –

Name

• Polyascus Glenner, Lützen & Takahashi, 2003ː 554
  • Type species:ː Sacculina polygenea Lützen & Takahashi, 1997, OD
  • ZooBank: EA51F22D-A99B-4499-BBCA-448622818A49

References

• Glenner, H., Lützen, J. & Takahashi, T. 2003. Molecular and morphological evidence for a monophyletic clade of asexually reproducing Rhizocephala: Polyascus, new genus (Cirripedia). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(3): 548-557. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 554, 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. 38, mention]
• Høeg, J.T., Noever, C., Rees, D.J., Crandall, K. & Glenner, H. 2020. A new molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of parasitic barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 632–653. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz140 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 644, discussion]

Links

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