Xenobalanus globicipitis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

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: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Coronulidae
Subfamilia: Xenobalaninae
Genus: Xenobalanus
Species: Xenobalanus globicipitis

Name

• Xenobalanus globicipitis Steenstrup, 1851: 62
  • Symbiont: commensal epibiont on cetaceans
  • Type locality: Faeroes; type host Delphinus globiceps, accepted as Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
  • Typus:
  • Distribution: Worldwide, on porpoises
  • ZooBank: 7FEB504C-AABA-4EAC-9873-67BA38EE8AB1

Synonyms

• Xenobalanus natalensis Stebbing, 1923: 12
  • Synonymized in Newman & Ross, 1976: 45

References

• Steenstrup, J.J.S. 1851: Rhizochilus antipathum, en ny Slaegt og Art af Purpurfamilien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistiske Forening i Kjöbenhavn, p. 61–62, plate 3, figures 11–15. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 62, first mention, and illustration]

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• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 440, extensive description]
• Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 45, references]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916. The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 283, supplementary description, distribution]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 64]
• Stebbing, T.R.R. 1923. Cirripedia. Fisheries Marine Survey of South Africa, Special Report 3: 12. Reference page.  [See p. 12, as Xenobalanus natalensis, junior synonym]
• Steenstrup, J.J.S. 1852. Mödet den 20^de Februar. Oversigt over det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes selskabs forhandlinger, 1852(1): 158–162. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 161, oral paper on new genus and species]
• Steenstrup, J.J.S. 1852. Om Xenobalanus globocipitis, en ny Cirriped-Slaegt af Coronulafamilien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistiske Forening i Kjöbenhavn, 1852(2-4): 62–64. 62 Reference page.  [See p. 64, official written description]