Euacasta excoriatrix

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

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Euacasta
Species: Euacasta excoriatrix

Name

• Euacasta excoriatrix Hosie, Fromont, Munyard & Jones, 2021: 23
  • Symbiont: Commensal on sponges, Halichondria
  • Type locality: Flying Foam Passage, Dampier Archipelago, WA, 20°28`3"S 116°49`40"E, 9 m
  • Typus: Holotype: WAM C71800; paratypes WAM C61475, WAM C71801
  • Distribution: Western Australia, intertidal to 9 m
  • ZooBank: 6147D22A-07A7-4F11-9C8F-BD2CC968E9C4

References

• Hosie, A.M., Fromont, J., Munyard, K. & Jones, D.S. 2021. New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia. Diversity 13(7), 290: 1–52. DOI: 10.3390/d13070290 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 23, original description]