Microlepas echinotrichae

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 echinotrichae

Name

  • Microlepas echinotricha Grygier & Newman, 1991: 3
    • Symbiont: epibiont on broken spine of echinoid
    • Type locality: reef-flat lagoon 500 m east of Ile Noutie and 350 m north of a small cape, near Touaourou, southeastern New Caledonia, 22°12.7'S, 166°59'E, 1-1.5 m; type host Echinothrix calamaris
    • Typus: Holotype: USNM 250560; 3 paratypes: USNM 250561
    • Distribution: known only from type area
    • ZooBank: 542994DD-C5B2-423B-B80A-1F3A38B4E86B

References

  • 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. 3, original description]
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