Polysaccus

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 Polysaccidae
Genusː Polysaccus
Species (2)ː P. japonicus – P. mediterraneus

Name

• Polysaccus Høeg & Lützen, , 1993ː 378
  • Type species:ː Thompsonia mediterranea Caroli, 1929ː 193, OD
  • ZooBank: 4FC3F8B0-3A1E-4EC5-869E-130F3A6C82A2

References

• Høeg, J.T. & Lützen, J. 1993. Comparative morphology and phylogeny of the family Thompsoniidae (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Akentrogonida), with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species. Zoologica Scripta 22(4): 363-386. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00365.x Reference page.  [See p. 378, 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, discussion]
• 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
• Polysaccus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Polysaccus.
• ION
• Polysaccus in the World Register of Marine Species