Hoekia monticulariae

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Hoekia monticulariae (Gray, 1831: 6)

Original genus: Pyrgoma
Symbiont: Obligate parasite on Hydnophora exesa
Type locality: Singapore
Types: holotype BMNH, number not designated; hypotype AMNH Crust. 17934 (Ross, 2000)
Distribution: Known definitely only from type area; other reported localities questionable
ZooBank: FCA5435D-A82F-45E8-945B-96048C591C7D

Gray, J.E. 1831. Description of two new species of Serpula, and an undescribed coral barnacle discovered by Sammuel Pierce Pratt, Esq., p. 5, 6: In The Zoological Miscellany, Treuttel, Wurtz & Co., London, 86 p. BHL Reference page. [See p. 6, as Pyrgoma (Daracia) monticulariae]
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. 58]
Ross, A. 2000: Coral eating barnacles: wall morphology and descriptions of two new species. Sessile Organisms 17(1): 45-56. pdf Reference page. [See p. 46]
Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 1973. Revision of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17: 137-174. BHL Reference page. [See p. 162, as Hoekia monticulariae]
Ross, A.; Newman, W.A. 1995: A coral-eating barnacle, revisited (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatidae). Contributions to Zoology 65(3): 129-175. Reference page. [See p. 140]