Pyrgospongia stellula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Hexanauplia Subclassis: Thecostraca Infraclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Pyrgospongia stellula (Rosell, 1975: 210)

Symbiont: Commensal on sponges (Clionaidae)
Original genus: Pyrgopsella
Type locality: Bauang Dakula Reef, Tandubas, Tawitawi, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines: 5° 9' 24" N, 120° 17' 30" E; in calcareous sponge
Types: Holotype UP Crustacean collection #263a5; paratypes USNM 141663
Distribution: Philippines
ZooBank: 9F9EFC68-1345-4D95-8CE2-08353BC4E859

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

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, as Pyrgopsella stellula]

Rosell, Neon C. 1975: On two noteworthy balanids (Cirripedia Thoracica) from the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines. Crustaceana 29(2): 206-214. JSTOR Reference page. [See p. 210]

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