Poratria monopora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

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: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Bryozobiinae
Genus: Poratria
Species: Poratria monopora

Name

• Poratria monopora Van Syoc; Newman, 2010: 77
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiont: commensal on encrusting sponges
  • Type locality: Outer reef, off New Year's Bay, Bagabag Island, north coast of Papua New Guinea; 4°50′S 146°12′E; 20–100 ft (6.1– 30.5 m); host taxon not identified
  • Typus: holotype CASIZ 107373; paratype CASIZ 104582
  • ZooBank: 90DCEA61-7517-4F14-93EC-5218BF0EA1EF

References

• Van Syoc, R. J.; Newman, W.A. 2010: Morphology and evolutionary ecology of a sponge-barnacle symbiosis: Four new genera of barnacles (Archaeobalanidae, Bryozobiinae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 392(1): 65-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.011 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 77]