Scillaelepas superba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
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: Scalpelliformes

Scillaelepas superba (Pilsbry, 1907: 11)

Symbiont: Commensal on ahermatypic branching scleractinians
Original genus: Scalpellum
Type locality: Albatross station 2669, 31° 9' N, 79° 33' 30" W, between Bahamas and Cape Fear, 352 fathoms
Types: USNM 11225
Distribution: West Atlantic Ocean
ZooBank

Newman, W.A. 1980: A review of extant Scillaelepas (Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) including recognition of new species from the north Atlantic, western Indian Ocean and New Zealand. Tethys 9(4): 379–398. abstract only seen Reference page. [See p. 381, as Scillaelepas (Scillaelepas) superba] (Generic reassignment)

Newman, W.A., Ross, A. & Buckeridge, J.S. 2002. Deep-Water Scalpellomorph/Coral Symbiosis (Cirripedia, Pedunculata/Hexacorallia, Scleractinia) in the North Atlantic. Crustaceana 75(3/4): 517–525. JSTOR Reference page.

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. 11, as Scalpellum (Calantica) superbum, section Scillaelepas]

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