Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes 

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: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Koleolepadidae
Genus: Koleolepas
Species: Koleolepas avis

Name

Koleolepas avis (Hiro, 1931: 147)

  • Original genus: Heteralepas (Heteralepas)
  • Symbiont: Parasitic, living under pedal disc of sea anemone Calliactis japonica attached to gastropod shells inhabited by pagurid crabs Dardanus ssp.; life mode includes cropping host's tentacles.
  • Type locality: Misaki, Sagami Bay, Japan
  • Types: Holotype SMBL 19
  • Distribution: Sagami Bay, Japan, East China Sea, northern Western Australia, 10-230 m
  • ZooBank: 2B4726D6-6C87-4186-ADB4-05E74C6A6E10

References

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