Polyascus planus

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
Speciesː Polyascus planus

Name

• Polyascus planus (Boschma, 1933)ː 524
  • Original genusː Sacculina
  • Symbiontː parasitic on Grapsidae
  • Type localityː Takao, south Formosa; type host Grapsus strigosus
  • Typusː BMNH
  • Distributionː Taiwan
  • ZooBank: 4485D250-B668-4869-A4A8-33884DDB1501

References

• Boschma, H. 1933. The Rhizocephala in the collection of the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 38(261)ː 473–552. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb00995.x pdf Reference page.  [See p. 524, original description as Sacculina plana]

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• Boschma, H. 1955. The described species of the family Sacculinidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen 27(1)ː 1–76. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 39, host, distribution]
• 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. 551, generic re-assignment]