Acasta alcyonicola
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Balanoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Species: Acasta alcyonicola
Name
[edit]- Acasta alcyonicola Utinomi, 1953: 142
- Symbiont: Commensal on octocoral
- Type locality: Ezura, Shirahama, Japanː type host Nephthea crassa
- Types: Holotype SMBL 122a; paratype SMBL 122b
- Distribution: Known only from type area
- ZooBank: 3191341C-917F-4AF9-AEDC-747989DF1819
References
[edit]- Utinomi, H. 1953: On two interesting species of epizoic barnacle Acasta from Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto (B) 20(3): 139-144. Reference page. [See p. 142, original decription]
- Newman, W.A. & Ross, E. 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. 54]