Koleolepas willeyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
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: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Koleolepadidae
Genus: Koleolepas
Species: Koleolepas willeyi

Name

• Koleolepas willeyi Stebbing, 1900: 677
  • Symbiont: living under pedal disc of sea anenome Calliactis polypus attached to gastropod shells inhabited by pagurid crabs Dardanus ssp.; life mode includes cropping host's tentacles.
  • Type locality: Lifu, Loyalty Islands
  • Types: Holotype BMNH 1906.4.19.165; paratypes BMNH 1906.4.19.148, 1906.4.19.164
  • Distribution: Loyalty Islands, Oahu, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean <30 m
  • ZooBank: A2A84833-6427-42ED-9470-46F15647250A

Synonyms

• Koleolepas tinkeri Edmondson, 1951: 185
  • Considered by Hosie, 2014: 5, as junior subjective synonym
  • Holotype BPBM B351
  • ZooBank: 07693671-C67C-45E3-9396-96FF5354CB00

References

• Edmondson, C.H. 1951. Additional Central Pacific Crustaceans. Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum 20(13): 183–242. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hosie, A.M. 2014: Review of the stalked barnacle genus Koleolepas (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Koleolepadidae), with new records from Australian waters. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29(1): 1–9. Abstract and full article (PDF) on publisher website Reference page.  [See p. 5]
• Stebbing, T.R.R. 1900: On crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. Willey's Zoological Results 5: 605-690. Reference page.  [See p. 677]

External links

• BHL bibliography
• Koleolepas willeyi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Koleolepas willeyi.
• ION
• Koleolepas willeyi in the World Register of Marine Species