Polyascus polygeneus

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 polygeneus

Name

• Polyascus polygeneus (Lützen & Takahashi, 1997)ː 103
  • Original genusː Sacculina
  • Symbiontː parasitic on Grapsidae
  • Type localityː Inuki, Amakusa Islands, Japan; type host Hemigrapsus sanguineus
  • Typusː holotype and one paratype National Science Museum, Tokyo, NSMT; paratypes ZMUC CRU-3060, 3061
  • Distributionː Japan
  • ZooBank: 745BF655-B955-4BCA-9C46-7B45ACDBAD29

References

• Lützen, J. & Takahashi, T. 1997. Sacculina polygenea, a new species of rhizocephalan (Cirripediaː Rhizocephala) from Japan, parasitic on the intertidal crab Hemigrapsus sanguinensis (De Haan, 1835) (Decapodaː Brachyuraː Grapsidae). Crustacean Research 26ː 103–108. DOI: 10.18353/crustacea.26.0_103 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 103, original description as Sacculina polygenea]

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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 p. 554, generic re-assignment as Polyascus polygenea

Links

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