Eochionelasmus ohtai

Eochionelasmus ohtai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chionelasmatoidea
Template:Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Chionelasmatoidea

Familia: Chionelasmatidae
Genus: Eochionelasmus
Species: Eochionelasmus ohtai
Subspecies: E. o. manusensis – E. o. ohtai

Name

Eochionelasmus ohtai Yamaguchi in Yamaguchi & Newman, 1990: 136

• Symbiont: Obligate abyssal hydrothermal vent commensal
• Type locality: North Fiji Basin. 16°59.4'S, 173°54.9'E, 1990 m
• Typus: Holotype UMUT RA-18631; paratypes UMUT RA-18632, RA-18633, RA-18634, NMNH 221862, BMNH 1989.47, MNHN IU-2013-16502
• Distribution: North Fiji abyssal hydrothermal basin, Lau and Manus basins, 1900-2500 m; East Pacific Rise, north of Easter Island, 2578 m
• ZooBank: 9766CC47-F2FB-4287-B0D2-2FF9911B8913

References

• Yamaguchi, T. & Newman, W.A. 1990. A new and primitive barnacle (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) from the North Fiji Basin abyssal hydrothermal field, and its evolutionary implications. Pacific Science, 44(2): 135–155. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 136]

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• Jones, D.S. 2000. Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica: Chionelasmatoidea and Pachylasmatoidea (Balanomorpha) of New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands, with a review of all currently assigned taxa. In A. Crosnier (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 21, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 184: 141–283. ISBN 2-85653-526-7 Reference page.  [See p. 152, discussion, types and locality, distribution]

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