Scleraspis connectens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadoidea

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 Ordine: Scalpellomorpha Superfamily: Lepadoidea

Familia: Oxynaspididae
Genus: Scleraspis
Species: Scleraspis connectens

Name

• Scleraspis connectens (Broch, 1931: 34)
  • Symbiont: Commensal on siliceous sponges
  • Type locality: Kei-Islands: [Malaysia] Station 49. 5° 37’ S., 132° 23’ E., 245 m
  • Types: Holotype ZMUC 6808
  • Distribution: Reported only from type area
  • ZooBank: B354F141-3A90-4B56-AABB-569A9D8187DB

Synonyms

• Oxynaspis cancellatae Totton, 1940: 468
  • Synonymized by Zevina, 1982: 33
  • Types and locality: Holotype BMNH 1890.4.9.7, Kei Islands, on Aphanipathes cancellata
  • ZooBank: C73026A5-734E-43B4-B147-366F9482F190

References

• Broch, H. 1931: Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. LVI. Indomalayan Cirripedia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 91: 1–146. Reference page.  [See p. 34, as Oxynaspis connectens} (original description)

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• Van Syoc, R. & Dekelboum, A.M. 2011: Oxynaspididae (Crustacea, Cirripedia): phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, with descriptions of three new genera and six new species. Zootaxa 3103: 1–32. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 3, as Pycnaspis connectens (generic reassignment)]
• Van Syoc, R.J. & Dekelboum, A.M. 2012: Scleraspis nom. nov., replacement name for Pycnaspis Van Syoc & Dekelboum, 2011. Zootaxa 3296: 68–68. Preview PDF Reference page.  [See p. 68, as Scleraspis connectens (name correction)]
• Zevina, G.B. 1982: Barnacles of the suborder Lepadomorpha (Cirripedia, Thoracica) of the world oceans. II: Guides to the Fauna of the USSR, Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 133: 1-223. ‘‘Nauka’’, Leningrad. (in Russian). Reference page.  [See p. 33, synonymy, discussion]

External links

• BHL bibliography
• Scleraspis connectens – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Scleraspis connectens.
• ION
• Scleraspis connectens in the World Register of Marine Species