Tortugaster

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: Peltogastridae
Genusː Tortugaster
Species (3)ː T. boschmai – T. discoidalis – T. fistulatus

Name

• Tortugaster Reinhard, 1948ː 34
  • Type species:ː Tortugaster fistulatus Reinhard, 1948ː 34, OD
  • ZooBank: 2C9459C8-76D7-4DBD-96EC-3F81C060646A

References

• Reinhard, E.G. 1948. Tortugaster fistulatus, n. gen., n. sp., a rhizocephalan parasite of Munidopsis robusta. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 15(1)ː 33–37. Reference page.  [See p. 34, original description]

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• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page.  [See p. 38, context]
• Høeg, J.T., Noever, C., Rees, D.J., Crandall, K. & Glenner, H. 2020. A new molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of parasitic barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 632–653. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz140 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 641, discussion]

Links

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