Weltneria griggi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrothoracica
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: Acrothoracica

Ordo: Lithoglyptida
Familia: Lithoglyptidae
Subfamilia: Berndtiinae
Genus: Weltneria
Species: Weltneria griggi

Name

• Weltneria griggi Grygier & Newman, 1985: 12
  • Type locality: Vicinity of Blake Plateau; RV Oregon station 11722, 31°46'N, 79°15'W, 402 m, in Enallopsammia rostrata
  • Typus: holotype USNM 210847 (label), listed as Weltneria sigmoides
  • Distribution: type area
  • ZooBank: 38941A01-875D-434E-B61F-CEDCC8B8FD8A

References

• Grygier, M.J. & Newman, W.A. 1985. Motility and calcareous parts in extant and fossil Acrothoracica (Crustacea: Cirripedia), based primarily upon new species boring in the deep-sea scleractinian coral Enallopsammia. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 21(1): 1–22. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 12, original description

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• Kolbasov, G.A. 2009. Acrothoracica, Burrowing Barnacles. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. Reference page.  [See p. 267, diagnosis, distribution, illustrations]