Chthamalus stellatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthamaloidea 

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: Chthamaloidea

Familia: Chthamalidae
Subfamilia: Chthamalinae
Genus: Chthamalus
Species: Chthamalus stellatus

Name

Chthamalus stellatus (Poli, 1791: 29)

  • Original genus: Lepas
  • Geological age: Pliocene to Recent
  • Type locality: Probably Bay of Naples
  • Types: BMNH Original types unknown
  • Distribution: Littoral, British Isles, Atlantic coast of Europe, Africa to Cape Verde; Mediterranean and Black Seas; other records unverified; sympatric with Chthamalus montagui, occupying middle littoral levels; reported from Pliocene of Italy (de Alessandri, 1894)
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Synonyms

Chthamalus darwini Bosquet, 1857: 1

  • Contamination from modern household trash; see Jagt & Carriol, 2008)
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Chthamalus stellatus communis Darwin, 1854: 455

  • Equivalent in Darwin to nominate subspecies; not approved by ICZN
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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. 29, as Lepas stellata]

  • Bosquet, J. 1857: Notice sur quelques Cirripèdes récemment découverts dans le Terrain Crétacé du Duché de Limbourg. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen uitgegeven door de Hollandsche Maatschappij voor Wetenschappen te Haarlem, 2(13): 1–36. Reference page. 
  • 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. 302, as Chthamalus stellatus stellatus]
  • 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. 167] [locality list, re-description, discussion]
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