Epopella breviscutum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraclitoidea

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: Tetraclitoidea

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Elminiinae
Genus: Epopella
Species: Epopella breviscutum

Name

• Epopella breviscutum (Broch, 1822): 337
  • Original genus: Tetraclita
  • Type locality: Port Ross, Auckland Island
  • Types: Types ZMUC 5911; from these, lectotype 26-XI-14 D, paralectotypes 26-XI-14 A-C,E
  • Distribution: New Zealand
  • ZooBank: BC10E741-0372-4566-AFF9-575C342B0572

References

• Broch, H. 1922: Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-6. X. Studies on Pacific cirripeds. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 73: 215–358. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 337, original description as Tetraclita purpurascens breviscutum]

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• 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. 46]
• Ross, A. 1970: Studies on the Tetraclitidae (Cirripedia: Thoracica): a proposed new genus for the austral species Tetraclita purpurascens breviscutum. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 16(1): 1-12. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 3, as Epopella breviscutum, generic reassignment as type species, redescription]

Links

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