Heteralepas gigas

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
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: Lepadiformes

Heteralepas gigas (Annandale, 1905): 80

Original genus: Alepas
Type locality: Bali Straits, 160 fathoms
Types: Indian Museum IM
Distribution: Java Sea, Malay Archipelago, South China Sea 238-915 meters, found on telegraph cables
ZooBank: 799CDEEF-BD84-4B43-9545-F0120EC830BE

Annandale, N. 1905. Stalked barnacles (Cirripedia Pedunculata) in the Colombo Museum. Spolia zeylanica 3: 193–195. BHL Reference page. [See p. 80, original description, as Alepas gigas]

Annandale, N. 1916. Barnacles from Deep-Sea Telegraph Cables in the Malay Archipelago. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 74(3): 281–302. JSTOR BHL Reference page. [See p. 298, generic reassignment, as Heteralepas gigas]
Jones, D.S., Hewitt, M.A. & Sampey, A. 2000. A checklist of the Cirripedia of the South China Sea. In The Biodiversity of South China Sea. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (8): 233–307. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 235, distribution]
Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 242, synonymy, distribution]