Thylacoplethus pilodiae

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

Familia: Thompsoniidae
Genusː Thylacoplethus
Speciesː Thylacoplethus pilodiae

Name

• Thylacoplethus pilodiae (Lützen & Jespersen, 1990)ː 246
  • Original genusː Thompsonia
  • Symbiontː parasitic on Xanthidae
  • Type localityː Sentosa Coral Reef, Singapore; type host Pilodius nigrocrinitus
  • Typusː holotype ZRC 1990.589
  • Distributionː Singapore, littoral

References

• Lützen, J. & Jespersen, A. 1990. Records of Thompsonia (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) from Singapore, including description of two new species, T. littorialis and T. pilodiae. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 38(2): 241-249. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 246, original description as Thompsonia pilodiae]

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• Høeg, J.T. & Lützen, J. 1993. Comparative morphology and phylogeny of the family Thompsoniidae (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Akentrogonida), with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species. Zoologica Scripta 22(4): 363-386. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00365.x Reference page.  [See p. 376, as Thylacoplethus pilodiae, generic re-assignment]