Polyascus gregarius

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 gregarius

Name

• Polyascus gregarius (Okada & Miyashita, 1935)ː 171
  • Original genusː Sacculina
  • Symbiontː parasite on Grapsidae
  • Type localityː Yura River, Tango Province, Japan; type host Eriocheir japonicus
  • Typusː
  • Distributionː Japan
  • ZooBank: 38D014C4-6EA1-4F76-BE8D-5D4BC2F92A8A

References

• Okada, Y.K. & Miyashita, Y. 1935. Sacculinization in Eriocheir japonicus de Haan, with remarks on the occurrence of complete sex-reversal in parasitized male crabs. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, ser. B 10(3): 169-208. PDF Reference page.  [See p. 171, original description as Sacculina gregaria]

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• 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 Table 1, generic re-assignment as Polyascus gregarius]

Links

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