Calantica darwini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
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: Scalpelliformes

Familia: Calanticidae
Subfamilia: Calanticinae
Genus: Calantica
Species: Calantica darwini

Name

Calantica darwini Jones & Hosie, 2009: 240

• Symbiont: epibiont on gorgonians
• Type locality: Soela station SO4B/82/71, 18° 30.1’ S 118° 36.2’ E to 18° 31.6’ S, 118° 37’ E, 196 km N. of Port Hedland, 136–146 m, attached to gorgonian coral
• Types: Holotype hermaphrodite WAM C42382; paratypes WAM C42383-C42388; NHM 2009.312-315
• Distribution: Western Australia
• ZooBank: 496B7C42-A416-439D-973D-B893BC6A6D59

References

• Jones, D.S.; Hosie, A.M. 2009: A new species of Calantica from Western Australian waters (Thoracica: Scalpellomorpha: Calanticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 25(3): 239–246. Abstract and full article (PDF) on publisher website Reference page.  [See p. 240, original description]

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• Jones, D.S. 2012. Australian Barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica), Distributions and Biogeographical Affinities. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 52(3): 366–387. DOI: 10.1093/icb/ics100 Reference page.  [See Table 1 and Table 2, Australian distribution]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Calantica darwini – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calantica darwini.
• ION
• Calantica darwini in the World Register of Marine Species