Taxonavigation

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Octolasmis
Species: Octolasmis cor

Name

Octolasmis cor (Aurivillius, 1892: 124)

• Original genus: Dichelaspis
• Symbiont: Obligate commensal on gill chambers of decapods of several species
• Type locality: Port Natal, South Africa
• Types:
• Distribution: S. Africa; Indian Ocean; Persian Gulf; Gulf of Oman; Bay of Bengal; Singapore; Malay Arch.; China; Philippines; Japan; Moen I., Truk, Carolines
• ZooBank: 8495C2F8-DC60-4D90-BED4-13E1D100CBC9

Synonyms

Dichelaspis coutierei Gruvel, 1902: 289

• Synonymized by Barnard, 1924: 58
• ZooBank: B6AF02D2-BF1B-4F16-9816-50414DD71CDA

Dichelaspis maindroni Gruvel, 1902: 282

• Synonymized by Barnard, 1924: 58
• ZooBank: B3B85CE4-17E7-4BAB-9CEB-FE8581FD672B

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. 124, as Dichelaspis cor, original description]

• Barnard, K.H. 1924: Contribution to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 7. Cirripedia. Annals of the South African Museum Cape Town, 20: 1–103. BHLReference page.  [See p. 58, as Octolasmis cor, generic reassignment and symonymy]

• 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. 242, distribution]

• Newman, W.A. 1960. Five pedunculate Cirripeds From the Western Pacific, Including Two New Forms. Crustaceana, 1(2): 100–116. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 105, redescription]

• 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 data]