Koleolepas willeyi

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

Koleolepas willeyi Stebbing, 1900: 677

Symbiont: living under pedal disc of sea anenome Calliactis polypus attached to gastropod shells inhabited by pagurid crabs Dardanus ssp.; life mode includes cropping host's tentacles.
Type locality: Lifu, Loyalty Islands
Types: Holotype BMNH 1906.4.19.165; paratypes BMNH 1906.4.19.148, 1906.4.19.164
Distribution: Loyalty Islands, Oahu, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean <30 m
ZooBank: A2A84833-6427-42ED-9470-46F15647250A

Koleolepas tinkeri Edmondson, 1951: 185
- Considered by Hosie, 2014: 5, as junior subjective synonym
- Holotype BPBM B351
- ZooBank: 07693671-C67C-45E3-9396-96FF5354CB00

Edmondson, C.H. 1951. Additional Central Pacific Crustaceans. Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum 20(13): 183–242. full article (PDF). Reference page.

Hosie, A.M. 2014: Review of the stalked barnacle genus Koleolepas (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Koleolepadidae), with new records from Australian waters. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29(1): 1–9. Abstract and full article (PDF) on publisher website Reference page. [See p. 5]

Stebbing, T.R.R. 1900: On crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. Willey's Zoological Results 5: 605-690. Reference page. [See p. 677]

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