Acasta spongites

Taxonavigation

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Species: Acasta spongites

Name

• Acasta spongites (Poli, 1791): 25
  • Original genus: Lepas
  • Geological range: Pliocene to REcent
  • Symbiont: obligate symbiont on sponge family Dysidaeidae
  • Type locality: unknown
  • Types: not designated
  • Distribution: Taiwan, Vietnam, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope
  • ZooBank: 7B817D86-2DCA-4994-BDE3-DDC662EC7489

Synonyms

• Balanus spongeosus Montagu, 1808
• Balanus spongites de Blainville
• Lepas spongiosa Wood
• Acasta montagui Leach, 1818
• Balanus montagui Brown, 1844

References

• Poli, G.X. 1791. Testacea utriusque Siciliae, enormque historia et anatome, tabulis aenis illustrata. Parmae. 1: 1–38. [In Latin] BHLReference page.  [see p. 25, original description as Lepas spongites]

• 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. 308]
• Kolbasov, G.A. 1993. Revision of the genus Acasta Leach (Cirripedia: Balanoidea). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 109(4): 395–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00307.x Reference page.  [See Table 1]
• 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. 54]
• Philippi, R.A. 1844. Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Berolini, S. Schroppii, 1836-44, 303 pp. In Latin. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.100735 Reference page.  [See p. 211, generic reassignment as Acasta spongites]
• 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. 242]
• Poltarukha, O. P. & Zvyagintsev, A.Yu. 2008: Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) of Vietnam, and their role in fouling communities. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. 335 p. [In Russian] ISBN 978-5-87317-453-9 Reference page.  [See p. 142]