Taxonavigation

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Heteralepas
Species: Heteralepas japonica

Name

Heteralepas japonica (Aurivillius, 1892: 125)

• Original genus: Alepas
• Type locality: Hirado, Japan
• Types: Natural History Museum, Stockholm (SMNH)
• Distribution: Japan to New Zealand, west to Reunion, 48-1020 meters
• ZooBank: DFE56EE6-B9B9-4FD8-8068-968A5FEC53D8

Synonyms

Heteralepas dubia Broch, 1922: 288

• Types: Type ZMUC 6306
• Synonymized by Foster, 1978
• ZooBank: DD53375A-2240-4E65-8AC0-87B71067E28A

References

• Aurivillius, C.W.S 1892: Neue Cirripeden aus dem Atlantishchen, Indischen und Stillen Ocean. Öfversigt Kongliga veten-skaps-akademiens förhandlingar, 49(3): 123–134. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 125, original description as Alepas japonica]

• Broch, H. 1922: Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-6. X. Studies on Pacific cirripeds. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 73: 215–358. BHL Reference page. 

• Buhl-Mortensen, L. & Newman, W.A., 2004: A new pedunculate barnacle (Cirripedia: Heteralepadidae) from the Northwest Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117(3): 385–397. BHLReference page.  [See Table 1]

• Foster, B. A. 1978: The marine fauna of New Zealand: barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Memoir 69, 160 p. Reference page. 

• Jones, D.S., Hewitt, M.A. & Sampey, A. 2000. A checklist of the Cirripedia of the South China Sea. In The Biodiversity of South China Sea. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (8): 233–307. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 235, distribution]

• Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 243, synonymy and distribution]

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1907: The barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin -- United States National Museum 60: 1–122. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 101, generic reassignment by inference]