Catomerus polymerus

Taxonavigation

Familia: Catophragmidae
Subfamilia: Catomerinae
Genus: Catomerus
Species: Catomerus polymerus

Name

Catomerus polymerus (Darwin, 1854): 487

• Original genus: Catophragmus
• Type locality: Twofold Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
• Typus: BMNH, Darwin collection
• Distribution: Lower littoral, New South Wales to Tasmania, Australia, in disjunct distribution pattern
• ZooBank: 012BF196-1384-4944-9DE2-EE7BB6CE6D44

References

• 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. 487, as Catophragmus polymerus, original 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. 40]
• 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. 336, as Catophragmus (Catomerus) polymerus]
• Poltarukha, O.P. 2006: Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. ISBN 5-87317-278-1. [In Russian] Reference page.  [see p. 58]
• Ross, A.; Newman, W.A. 2001: The Catophragmidae: members of the basal balanomorph radiation. Sessile organisms 18(2): 77-91. DOI: 10.4282/sosj.18.77 Reference page.  [see p. 82]