Weltneria ligamenta

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 ligamenta

Name

• Weltneria ligamenta Grygier & Newman, 1985: 118
  • Type locality: CCOP/SOPAC Tonga Offshore Survey Stn 78(2)-5, 19 25.0'S, 174 13.4'W, 250-290 m
  • Typus: Holotype: USNM 210846 (label)
  • Distribution: Tonga, 250-290 m
  • ZooBank: A6461ACF-75F9-4724-8285-06F5CDA14FEF

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. 118, original description]

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• Kolbasov, G.A. 2009. Acrothoracica, Burrowing Barnacles. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. Reference page.  [See p. 280, diagnosis and distribution]