Stephanolepas muricata

Stephanolepas muricata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

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: Coronuloidea

Familia: Chelonibiidae
Subfamilia: Chelonibiinae
Genus: Stephanolepas
Species: Stephanolepas muricata

Name

• Stephanolepas muricata Fischer, 1886: 193
  • Symbiont: commensal embedded epibiont of sea turtles
  • Type locality: Côn Sn Island, Bà Rịa-Vũng, Tàu Province, southeast Vietnam; type host Eretmochelys imbricata
  • Typus:
  • Distribution: Ceylon, Australia, South China Sea
  • ZooBank: 06487B19-B86B-41FD-9A77-2BB0CF03A309

References

• Fischer, P.H. 1886. Description d'un nouveau genre de Cirripedes (Stephanolepas) parisite des tortues marines. Actes de Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 40: 193–196. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 193, original description]

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• Frick, Michael G.; Zardus, John D.; Ross †, Arnold; Senko, Jesse; Montano-Valdez, Dulce; Bucio-Pacheco, Marcos; Sosa-Cornejo, Ingmar 2011: Novel records and observations of the barnacle Stephanolepas muricata (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea); including a case for chemical mediation in turtle and whale barnacles. Journal of Natural History 45(11–12): 629–640. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2010.534563 Reference page. 
• Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 268, distribution]
• Monroe, R. & Limpus, C.J. 1979: Barnacles on turtles in Queensland waters with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 197–223. Abstract BHL Reference page.  [See p. 201, synonymy, distribution, redescription]
• 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. 44]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 63]