Chthamalus proteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthamaloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Hexanauplia Subclassis: Thecostraca Infraclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Chthamaloidea

Familia: Chthamalidae
Subfamilia: Chthamalinae
Genus: Chthamalus
Species: Chthamalus proteus

Name

Chthamalus proteus Dando & Southward, 1980: 793

• Type locality: Port of Spain, Trinidad
• Types: Holotype NMNH 173598; paratypes NMNH 17359-173600, BMNH 1979.1041-1043, 1979.1044-1048
• Distribution: Littoral, Caribbean basin, coast of South America to 30° south latitude; Gulf Coast, USA; introduced to Hawaii, Marianna Islands
• ZooBank: A0E6F1A7-4B2C-48ED-B3C4-EFB29A774872

References

• Dando, P.R.; Southward, A.J. 1980: A new species of Chthamalus (Crustacea: Cirripedia) characterized by enzyme electrophoresis and shell morphology: with a revision of other species of Chthamalus from the western shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 60(3): 787–831. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400040455Reference page.  [See p. 793] [synonymy, description]
• Poltarukha, O.P. 2006: Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. ISBN 5-87317-278-1. [In Russian] Reference page.  [See p. 160] [locality list, additional description, discussion]

External links

• BHL bibliography
• Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist

• Chthamalus proteus - Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chthamalus proteus.

• ION
• Chthamalus proteus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Chthamalus proteus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).