Taxonavigation

Familia: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Pyrgomatinae
Tribus: Pyrgopsellini
Genus: Pyrgopsella
Species (1): P. annandalei –
[Source: WoRMS]

Name

Pyrgopsella Zullo, 1967: 123

• Replacement name for Pyrgopsis Gruvel, 1907
• Gender: [masculine]
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Pyrgopsis annandalei Gruvel, 1907: 8, by original designation [and monotypy]
• ZooBank: 84557AEA-1CE1-4A6C-8668-E883DF1479D4

Synonyms

Pyrgopsis Gruvel, 1907: 8, junior homonym

• Type species: Pyrgopsis annandalei Gruvel, 1906: 1558
• ZooBank: 5BE8E286-8CCF-4CB5-A8DF-560B40948137 (for Pyrgopsis, 1907)

References

• Achituv, Y. & Simon-Blecher, N. 2006. Pyrgopsella (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae) is not a sponge-inhabiting barnacle. Zootaxa 1319: 29–41. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

• Gruvel, A. 1906. Sur une forme nouvelle de Cirrhipede opercule (Pyrgopsis Annandalei n. g., n. sp.) Note de M.A. Gruvel, presentee par M. E.-L. Bouvier. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 142: 1558–1559. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 1558] (listed as new genus, new species, but noted only, no description or illustration)

• Gruvel, A. 1907. Cirrhipedes opercules de l'Indian Museum, de Calcutta. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 2(1): 1–10. (French) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 8] (full description and illustrations)

• Newman, W.A.; Ross, A. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 58]

• Ross, A.; Newman, W.A. 1973: Revision of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17: 137-174. BHLReference page.  [See p. 163]

• Simon-Blecher, N. & Achituv, Y. 2014: The rise and fall of Pyrgopsella youngi – rediscovery of a lost species. Journal of crustacean biology 34(5): 663-670. DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002257 Reference page. 

• Zullo, V.A. 1967: Pyrgopsella, new name for Pyrgopsis Gruvel, 1907 (Cirripedia, Thoracica) non Pyrgopsis de Rochebrune, 1884. Crustaceana 13(1): 123. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 123] (NOTE: Reported in Ross; Newman, 1973 as p. 109; examination of original article shows p. 123 is correct)