Microlepas diademae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Infraclassis: Thoracica
Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Microlepadidae
Genus: Microlepas
Species: Microlepas diademae

Name

  • Microlepas diademae Hoek, 1907: 43
    • Symbiont: commensal on broken spines of diademid echinoids
    • Type locality: Siboga sta. 53, Bay of Nagamessi, Sumba, 36 m; type host Diadema saxatillae
    • Typus:
    • Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, on various echinoids
    • ZooBank: 45CFD90A-26D4-46C7-AAAB-EE162B862196

References

  • Hoek, P.P.C. 1907: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition: A. Cirripedia Pedunculata. Siboga-Expeditie XXXI. EJ Brill. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 43, original description]
  • Grygier, M.J. & Newman, W.A. 1991. A new genus and two new species of Microlepadidae (Cirripedia: Pedunculata) found on Western Pacific diadematid echinoids. Galaxea, 10: 1–22. Reference page.  [See p. 8, comparison, p. 11 host and distribution]
  • Zevina, G.B. 1980. A new classification of the Lepadomorpha (Cirripedia). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 59(5): 689–698. [in Russian] Reference page.  [See p. 695]
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