Alepas spectrum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Heteralepadidae
Genus: Alepas
Species: Alepas spectrum

Name

Alepas spectrum Pilsbry, 1912: 291

• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on Discomedusa (type host) and other medusae
• Type locality: Nogas Point, Panay, Philippines
• Types: Holotype, USNM 38699
• Distribution: Philippines, South China Sea
• ZooBank: 99F2F3D4-6C44-4110-8953-34D19599E136

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1912: Diagnoses of new barnacles from the Philippine Archipelago and the China Sea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42(1902): 291–294. BHLReference page.  [See p. 291, original description]

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• 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. 247, distribution]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Alepas spectrum – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Alepas spectrum.
• ION
• Alepas spectrum in the World Register of Marine Species