Cetopirus fragilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Coronulidae
Subfamilia: Coronulinae
Genus: Cetopirus
Species: †Cetopirus fragilis

Name

• Cetopirus fragilis Collareta et al., 2016: 476
  • Geological ageː lower Pleistocene
  • Symbiont: Commensal epibiont of whales
  • Type locality: Uggiano La Chiesa Formation marl- stones at Il Fascio (Latitude: 40◦ 09’09” N; Longitude: 19◦ 09’29” E), Porto Craulo (Otranto, Apulia region, Italy)
  • Typusː Holotype: MSNUP I16903
  • Distribution: Known only from holotype
  • ZooBank: 66243497-A78E-4970-B87D-4420C144EDBA

References

• Collareta, A., Margiotta, S., Varola, A., Catanzariti, R., Bosselaers, M. & Bianucci, G. 2016. A new whale barnacle from the early Pleistocene of Italy suggests an ancient right whale breeding ground in the Mediterranean. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 15(5): 473–481. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.10.006 Reference page.  [See p. 476, original description]

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• Collareta, A., Insacco, G., Reitano, A., Catanzariti, R., Bosselaers, M., Montes, M. & Bianucci, G. 2018. Fossil whale barnacles from the lower Pleistocene of Sicily shed light on the coeval Mediterranean cetacean fauna. Carnets Geology 18(2)ː 9–22. DOI: 10.4267/2042/65747 Reference page.  [See p. 11, comparisons with other coronulids]