Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Hexanauplia
Subclassis: Thecostraca
Infraclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Thoracica
Ordo: Sessilia
Subordo: Balanomorpha
Infraordo: Neobalanoformes
Superfamilia: Balanoidea

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

Name

Acasta newmani Van Syoc & Winther, 1999: 470

  • Symbiont: Commensal on sponge Poecillastra tenuilaminaris
  • Type locality: Station MB-6904-5, TR#150, 28° 57.0' N, 112° 35.0' N, 82-100m, 6.4 km north of Punta Willard, off Isla Tiburon, Gulf of California, Mexico
  • Types: CASIZ 88810
  • Distribution: Known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 21D1C044-55A2-477B-A2C2-4598AEF9A40E

References

  • Van Syoc, R.J. & Winther, R. 1999: Sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the Americas: A new species of Acasta (Cirripedia, Archaeobalanidae), first record from the Eastern Pacific, including discussion of the evolution of cirral morphology. Crustaceana 72(5): 467-486. JSTORReference page.  [See p. 470]
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