Taxonavigation

Familia: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Pyrgomatinae
Tribus: Pyrgomatini
Genus: Galkinius
Species: Galkinius indicus

Name

Galkinius indicus (Annandale, 1924: 61)

• Original genus: Pyrgoma
• Original status: valid species
• Symbiont on scleractinian Hydnophora microconus
• Annandale's type locality: Pilai Island, Mergui Archipelago, Bay of Bengal
• Types:
• ZooBank: 3348F416-9ABF-4EE7-9BAB-2A1829065208

References

• Annandale, N. 1924: Cirripeds associated with Indian corals of the families Astraeidae and Fungidae. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 8(1): 61–68. Reference page.  [See p. 61, as Pyrgoma indicum]

• Chan, B.K.K.; Chen, Y-Y; Liu, H-C 2013: Biodiversity and host-specificity of coral barnacles of Galkinia (Cirripedia: Pyrgomatidae) in Taiwan, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 33(3): 392–431. JSTORDOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002134 Reference page.  [See p. 415, as Galkinia indica]

• 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. 381, as Creusia spinulosa var. 11] (original citation, not formally named)

• Galkin, S.V. 1986: System of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Zoologicheskiy zhurnal, 65(9): 1285–1295. (In Russian) Reference page.  [See p. 1288, as Utinomia indica]

• 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. 57, as Creusia indicum]

• Ross, A.; Newman, W.A. 1995: A coral-eating barnacle, revisited (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatidae). Contributions to Zoology 65(3): 129-175. Reference page.  [See p. 166, as Galkinia indica]