Stomatolepas praegustator

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea
Template:Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Stomatolepadinae
Genus: Stomatolepas
Species: Stomatolepas praegustator

Name

• Stomatolepas praegustator Pilsbry, 1910: 304
  • Symbiont: Commensal epibiont embedded skin of marine turtles
  • Type locality: Tortugas, in sea turtle Caretta caretta (type host)
  • Typus: Holotype ANSP 1851; paratypes USNM 48094
  • Distribution: Mediteranean, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, temperate to tropical
  • ZooBank: 8DEDC308-B141-4C4D-AEFC-587CEF9BEE18

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1910: Stomatolepas, a commensal barnacle in the throat of the loggerhead turtle. American Naturalist 44(521): 304–306. JSTORReference page.  [See p. 304, original description]

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• Foster, B. A. 1978: The marine fauna of New Zealand: barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Memoir 69, 160 p. Reference page.  [See p. , regards as synonym of Stomatolepas elegans]
• Frick, M.G., Zardus, J.D. & Lazo-Wasem, E.A. 2010. A new Stomatolepas barnacle species (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea) from leatherback sea turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 51(1): 123–136. DOI: 10.3374/014.051.0102 Reference page.  [See p. 125, update description and distribution]
• Monroe, R. & Limpus, C.J. 1979: Barnacles on turtles in Queensland waters with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 197–223. Abstract BHL Reference page.  [See p. 203, discussion of synonymy]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 289]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 63]