Acasta vipensis

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 Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Acasta
Species: Acasta vipensis

Name

• Acasta vipensis Van Syoc et al., 2014: 202
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on gorgonian Menella sp.
  • Type locality: Philippines, Luzon Island, Batangas Province, Calumpan Peninsula Maricaban Strait, “Murals” dive site. 13.69936°N., 120.88250°E. HEP-25. Attached to Menella sp.
  • Types: Holotype CASIZ 191930; paratypes CASIZ 185883, 185885, 185886, 187667, 187686, 187687, 187706, 187717, 187764, 187767
  • Distribution: Known only from type locality
  • ZooBank: 58F29F5F-85CC-4830-A608-9B1A80FA93BD

References

• Van Syoc, R.J., Carrison-Stone, D., Madrona, L., & Williams, G.C. 2014. Barnacle symbionts of gorgonian sea fans: Description of Seven New Species (Archaeobalanidae:Cirripedia) from the Philippines, Including a Key to Western Pacific Species of Conopea. Pp. 171–211 In Williams, G.C. & Gosliner, T.M., (eds.) 2014. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, 94118, USA, 592 p. ISBN 0940228750. BHL Reference page.  Reference page.  [See p. 202, original description]