Taxonavigation

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Octolasmis
Species: Octolasmis grayi

Name

Octolasmis grayi (Darwin, 1851: 123)

• Original genus: Dichelaspis
• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on body and paddle tail of sea snakes, several species, mostly family Hydrophiidae
• Type locality: Indian Ocean
• Types: Royal College of Surgeons
• Distribution:
• ZooBank: AB16E4B3-656E-402C-86A6-BD593E561014

Synonyms

Dichelaspis lepadiformis Gruvel, 1902: 275

• Synonymized by Zevina, 1982:
• ZooBank: ED5E81FE-0D7E-4059-A6CE-20FDA51B445D

Dichelaspis pellucida Darwin, 1851: 125

• Synonymized by Annandale, 1909: 114
• ZooBank

References

• Darwin, C. 1851: A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain. Paleontographical Society, London. 88 pp. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 123, as Dichelaspis grayii, original description]

• Hoek, P.P.C. 1887. On Dichelaspis pellucida, Darwin, from the scales of an Hydrophid obtained at Mergui. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 21(129): 154–155. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 154, additional morphology and host data]

• Jeffries, W.B. & Voris, H.K. 1979. Observations on the relationship between Octolasmis grayii (Darwin, 1851) (Cirripedia, Thoracica) and certain marine snakes (Hydrophiidae). Crustaceana, 37(2): 123–132. JSTOR Reference page.  [See for relationships with marine snake hosts]

• Voris, H.K. & Jeffries, W.B. 1997. Size, distribution and significance of capitular plates in Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Poecilasmatidae). Journal of crustacean biology, 17(2): 217-226. DOI: 10.2307/1549272 JSTOR Reference page.  [See Table 4, host information, plus Oxynaspis pellucida]