Taxonavigation

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Octolasmis
Species: Octolasmis geryonophila

Name

Octolasmis geryonophila Pilsbry, 1907: 94

• Symbiont: Commensal in gill chamber of Geryon quinquedens, and other decapods; also reported from isopod Bathynomus giganteus
• Type locality: Albatross stations 2215 and 2216 (39° 48' N, 70° 31' W, 578 fathoms)
• Types: Type USNM 9038
• Distribution: US Atlantic coast, Nantucket to Delaware Capes; Caribbean; Indian Ocean; China; 400+ fathoms
• ZooBank: BD944D7D-38DE-4A56-B507-832D65DA932F

Synonyms

Dichelaspis geryonophila fissicarina Annandale, 1909: 113

• Synonymized by Newman, 1967: 15
• ZooBank: 0571A127-61D1-479D-BC82-142C0A593F84

References

• 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. 1967. Shallow-water versus deep-sea Octolasmis (Cirripedia Thoracica). Crustaceana, 12(1): 13–32. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 15, as Octolasmis aymonini geryonophila; synonymy]

• 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. 94, original description]

• 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]

• Weisbord, N.E. 1979. Lepadomorph and verrucomorph barnacles (Cirripedia) of Florida and adjacent waters, with an addendum on the Rhizocephala. Bulletins of American paleontology, 76(306): 1-156. BHLReference page.  [See p. 58, redescription, geographic and host discussion]