Archiacasta fragilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

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: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Archiacasta
Species: Archiacasta fragilis

Name

• Archiacasta fragilis (Ren, 1984)ː 188
  • Original genus: Acasta
  • Symbiontː commensal on sponges
  • Type localityː Xinying, Hainan Island, Guangdong Povince, intertidal; Type host Ircinia sp.
  • Typusː holotype C81210-1; paratypes C81210-2, 3, 4
  • Distributionː Hainan Island
  • ZooBank: E512A016-E2C5-4634-81BD-1EA426FFE9D5

References

• Ren, X.Q. 1984. Studies on the Chinese Cirripedia. Studia marina sinica 23: 183-214. [In Chinese] pdf Reference page.  [See p. 188, as Acasta fragilis, original description; see p. 212 for English]

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• Kolbasov, G.A. 1993. Revision of the genus Acasta Leach (Cirripedia: Balanoidea). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 109(4): 395–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00307.x Reference page.  [See p. 407, generic rre-assignment]