Calantica pusilla

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 pusilla

Name

Calantica pusilla Utinomi, 1970:158

• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on small terminal branches of gorgonian Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius
• Type locality: Tomioka, Amakusa Islands, Japan
• Types: SMBL 233 A,B,C
• Distribution: Amakusa, Japan
• ZooBank: 691AA1B3-5174-48F6-B63A-A39C988AE9C8

References

• Utinomi, H. 1970: New and rare commensal pedunculate cirripeds from Amakusa Islands, Western Kyusyu, Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 18(3): 157-167. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 158, original description]

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• Newman, W.A. & Jones, W.J. 2011: Two Northeast Pacific deep-water barnacle populations (Cirripedia: Calanticidae and Pachylasmatidae) from seamounts of the Juan de Fuca Ridge; "insular" endemics stemming from Tethys, or by subsequent dispersal from the Western Pacific center of distribution? Zootaxa, 2789: 49–68. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 53, assignment to Group I]

Links

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