Ceratoconcha floridana

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: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Ceratoconchinae
Genus: Ceratoconcha
Species: Ceratoconcha floridana

Name

• Ceratoconcha floridana (Pilsbry, 1931): 81
  • Original genus: Pyrgoma
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal embedded in reef corals
  • Type locality: Gulf of Mexico; 50 miles above Tarpon Springs, Florida; type host Maendra
  • Typus: type ANSP 2556; syntype USNM 65024
  • Distribution: West coast of Florida
  • ZooBank: 1FC70A23-4AF4-4510-97C1-CC6FFB64E5FF

References

• Pilsbry, H.A. 1931. The cirriped genus Pyrgoma in American waters. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 83: 81–83. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 81, original description as Pyrgoma floridanum]

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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. 378, as Creusia spinulosa var. 4]
• 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. 58, as Ceratoconcha floridana]
• Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 1973. Revision of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17: 137-174. BHLReference page.  [See p. 166, as Ceratoconcha floridanum]
• Ross, A. & Newman, W.A. 2000. Coral barnacles: Cenozoic decline and extinction in the Atlantic/East Pacific versus diversification in the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium 1, Bali, Indonesia. ISBN 9789798105975 Reference page.  [See Table I]
• Young, P.S. & Christoffersen, M.L. 1984. Recent coral barnacles of the genus Ceratoconcha (Cirripedia:Pyrgomatidae) from northeast Brazil. Bulletin of marine science, 35(2): 239-252. ingentaconnect Reference page.  [See p. 240] (as Ceratoconcha floridanum)