Taxonavigation

Familia: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Pyrgomatinae
Tribus: Pyrgomatini
Genus: Cantellius
Species: Cantellius acutum

Name

Cantellius acutum (Hiro, 1938): 398

• Original genus: Creusia
• Symbiont: obligate commensal on scleractinian coral Acropora formosa
• Type locality: Palau, Philippines
• Types:
• Distribution: Philippines
• ZooBank

References

• 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. 379 BHL, as Pyrgoma (Creusia) spinulosa var. 6 subvar. 2] (original diagnosis, no formal name)

• Hiro, F. 1938. Studies on animals inhabiting reef corals. II. Cirripeds of the genera Creusia and Pyrgoma. Palao Tropical Biological Station studies 1(3): 391–416. Reference page.  [See p. 398, as Creusia spinulosa acuta] (original description)

• Newman, W.A.; Ross, A. 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. 56 BHL, as Cantellius acutum]

• Ross, A.; Newman, W.A. 1973: Revision of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17: 137-174. BHLReference page.  [see p. 150 BHL, as Cantellius acutum (generic reassignment)