Euscalpellum rostratum

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Scalpelliformes
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: Scalpelliformes

Euscalpellum rostratum (Darwin, 1851): 259

Original genus: Scalpellum
Symbiont: Commensal on stems of hydroids
Type locality: Philippine Archipelago
Types: Cuming Museum
Distribution: Indo-west Pacific: Indian Ocean; Arabian Sea; Makassar Strait; Mergui Arch.; Kei Is; Malay Arch.; South China Sea; China; Philippines; Taiwan; attached to stems of hydroids; 13–94 m.
ZooBank: F0BBD120-B648-4E2B-94B4-AEA0A811BA6D

Darwin, C. 1852. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 1 The Lepadidae or Pedunculated Cirrepedes. Ray Society. BHL Reference page. [See p. 259, original description, as Scalpellum rostratum]

Annandale, T.N. 1914. New and interesting pedunculate Cirripedes from the Indian Seas. Records of the Indian Museum, 10(1): 273–80. BHL Reference page. [See p. 274, as Scalpellum (Smilium) rostratum]
Broch, H. 1931: Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. LVI. Indomalayan Cirripedia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 91: 1–146. Reference page. [See p. 14, as Smilium rostratum, generic reassignment]
Jones, D.S., Hewitt, M.A. & Sampey, A. 2000. A checklist of the Cirripedia of the South China Sea. In The Biodiversity of South China Sea. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (8): 233–307. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 249, distribution]
Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page. [See p. 256, synonymy, distribution and habit]
Pilsbry, H.A. 1908. On the classification of scalpelliform barnacles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 60(1): 104–111. JSTOR BHL Reference page. [See p. 108, generic re-assignment and selection as type species]