Taxonavigation

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Paralepas
Species: Paralepas minuta

Name

Paralepas minuta (Philippi, 1836): 254

• Original genus: Alepas
• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on echinoid spines (Cidarida)
• Type locality:
• Types:
• Distribution: Mediterranean; W Africa; Indo-west Pacific: Indian Ocean; Australia; Java Sea; Malay Arch.; Taiwan; Japan; Philippines; New Zealand
• ZooBank

Synonyms

• Paralepas minuta nipponica Utinomi, 1970: 342, junior synonym

References

• Philippi, R.A. 1836. Appendix II. Cirripedia. Pp 246–254 article BHL In Philippi Enumeratio Mulluscorum Sicilaecum viventicum in tellure tertiaria fossilum quae in itinere suo observavit. Berolini, 267 p. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 254, original description, as Alepas minuta]

• Broch, H. 1927. Studies on Moroccan cirripeds (Atlantic Coast). Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles et physiques du Maroc 7: 11–38. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.  [See p. 18, as Heteralepas minuta]

• Chan, B. K-K. 2009: Shallow water and deep-sea barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) collected during the Philippine PANGLAO 2005 Expedition, with descriptions of two new species. Raffles bulletin of zoology, Suppl. 20: 47–82. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 61, range extension, discussion; erroneously cites Darwin, 1851 as original description]

• Darwin, C. 1852. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 1 The Lepadidae or Pedunculated Cirrepedes. Ray Society. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 160, as Alepas minuta, extensive description]

• 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. 244, synonymy and 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. 109, as Paralepas minuta, generic re-assignment]

• 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, as Heteralepas (Paralepas) minuta, generic reassignment]

• Utinomi, H. 1970: New and rare commensal pedunculate cirripeds from Amakusa Islands, Western Kyusyu, Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 18(3): 157-167. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 342, as Paralepas minuta nipponica]