Regioscalpellum gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
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: Thoracica Ordo: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Scalpellidae
Subfamilia: Scalpellinae
Genus: Regioscalpellum
Species: Regioscalpellum gigas

Name

• Regioscalpellum gigas (Hoek, 1883): 102
  • Original genus: Scalpellum
  • Type locality: Challenger station 246, 36°10'N, 178°0'E, 2050 fathoms, middle of northwest Pacific Ocean
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK 2013.1122; paratype NHMUK 2013.1123
  • Distribution: Northwest and southwest Pacific, Indian Ocean, 3310-4820 m
  • ZooBank: A9CC9B5C-E420-46FF-A83B-308851728B96

References

• Hoek, P.P.C. 1883. Report on the Cirripedia collected by Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology. 8(25): 1–169. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 102, original description as Scalpellum gigas]

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• Gale, A.S. 2015. Origin and phylogeny of the Cretaceous thoracican cirripede family Stramentidae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(8): 653–702. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1091149Reference page.  [See p. 33, as Regioscalpellum gigas, generic re-assignment]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, A. 1971. Antarctic Cirripedia. Antarctic Research Series 14. DOI: 10.1029/AR014 Print ISBN 9780875901145; Online ISBN 9781118664407 Google Books Reference page.  [See p. 60, as Arcoscalpellum gigas, generic re-assignment]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1907: The barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin -- United States National Museum 60: 1–122. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 25, listed in section Scalpellum (Holoscalpellum)]
• Poltarukha, O.P. 2012. On the deep-sea barnacle (Cirripedia, Thoracica) fauna of the western part of the Indian Ocean. Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists, Biological series 117(2): 29–42. Full issue (PDF). Reference page.  [See p. 37, redescription]
• Shalaeva, K. & Boxshall, G.A. 2014: An illustrated catalogue of the scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) collected during the HMS “Challenger” expedition and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Zootaxa 3804(1): 1–63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3804.1.1 Preview (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 42, as Trianguloscalpellum gigas, synonymy, illustration and type number]
• Young, P.S. 1998. The Cirripedia (Crustacea) collected by the Fisheries Steamer Meteor in the Eastern Atlantic. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 58: 1–54. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 33, synonymy and supplementary description]
• Zevina, G.B. 1981. Barnacles of the suborder Lepadomorpha (Cirripedia, Thoracica) of the world oceans. I: Family Scalpellidae. Fauna SSSR, 127: 1-398. [In Russian] Reference page.  [See p. 317, as Trianguloscalpellum gigas, generic re-assignment]

Links

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