Acasta sulcata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Speciesː Acasta sulcata
Subspecies (3): A. s. anchoris – A. s. akanthosa – A. s. sulcata

Name

• Acasta sulcata Lamarck, 1818: 398
  • Symbiont: Obligate Commensal on sponge families Myxillidae, Haliclonidae
  • Type locality: New Holland
  • Types: not given
  • Distribution: Red Sea; Persian Gulf; Maldives; Gulf of Siam; South China Sea; Vietnam; Philippines; Japan; Australia, 5-25 m
  • ZooBank: C410C9D3-CA7A-46FD-8795-2ACE5DE13853

References

• Lamarck, J.B. 1818. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 p. [in French] BHL Reference page.  [See p. 398, original description]

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• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 310]
• 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. 411, Table 1]
• 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]
• Poltarukha, O. P. & Zvyagintsev, A.Yu. 2008: Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) of Vietnam, and their role in fouling communities. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. 335 p. [In Russian] ISBN 978-5-87317-453-9 Reference page.  [See p. 144]