Acasta crucibasis

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Speciesː Acasta crucibasis

Name

• Acasta crucibasis Yu et al., 2017ː 592
  • Symbiontː commensal on sponges
  • Type localityː Dabaisha, Green Island, Taitung, Taiwan; 22°38'12N, 121°29'30E, 9 M; type host Topsentia sp.
  • Typusː Holotype Mg 1226; paratypes Mg 1227, ASIZCR000373-ASIZCR000375; RMNH.CRUS.C.10243
  • Distributionː Taiwan
  • ZooBank: F2B6EEDE-66D5-4BB8-BCC8-4D3660F8421B

References

• Yu, M-C., Chan, B.K-K., Achituv, Y. & Kolbasov, G.A. 2017. Four new sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the genus Acasta (Thoracicaː Archaeobalanidaeː Acastinae) fom the Indo-Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65ː 585–615. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 592, original description]