Taxonavigation

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

Name

Paralepas quadrata (Aurivillius, 1894): 30

• Original genus: Alepas
• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on decapods (Palinurus type host)
• Type locality: Thousand Islands, Java Sea,
• Types:
• Distribution: Java Sea; Taiwan; S China Sea; E China Sea; Philippines; S Japan; N New Zealand; ?Californian coast, 0-150 m
• ZooBank

Synonyms

• Heteralepas (Heteralepas) percnonicola Hiro, 1931: 145
  • ZooBank

References

• Aurivillius, C.W.S. 1894: Studien über Cirripeden. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien Handlingar, 26(7), 5–107. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 39, original description as Alepas quadrata]

• Foster, B. A. 1978: The marine fauna of New Zealand: barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Memoir 69, 160 p. Reference page.  [See p. 17, as Paralepas quadrata, generic reassignment and synonymy]]

• Hiro, F. 1931: Notes on some new Cirripedia from Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University Series B 7(3): 143–158. Reference page.  [See p. 145]

• 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. 236, distribution]

• 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]

• Nilsson-cantell, C.A. 1921: Cirripeden-studien zur kenhtnis der biologie, anatomie und systematik dieser gruppe. Zoologiska bidrag fran Uppsala, 7: 75–395. [in German] BHL Reference page.  [See p. 248, as Heteralepas (Heteralepas) quadrata]

• 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. 100, as Heteralepas (Heteralepas) quadrata, generic reassignment by inference]

• Quoy, J.R.E. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Mollusques. Pp 369-644 In Quoy & Gaimard, 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe Exécuté par ordre de Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont D'urville. Zoologie, t. 3. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 643, as ?Anatifa tubulosa]