Conopea galeata

Conopea galeata

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Conopea
Species: Conopea galeata

Name

• Conopea galeata (Linnaeus, 1771): 544
  • Original genus: Lepas
  • Symbiont: obligate commensal on gorgonians
  • Type locality:
  • Types:
  • Distribution: North Carolina through West Indies and Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela; Southern California to Panama and Galapagos Island
  • ZooBank: 57FFB7CF-D420-488A-B8DB-F796A0FA3952

Synonyms

• Conopea elongata Say, 1822: 324, (junior homonym)
  • Synonymized in Darwin, 1854ː 220
  • Type localityː Southern coasts; type host Gorgonia virgulata
  • Typusː ANSP
  • ZooBank: D8C6DDC6-13E9-420D-997A-60A326EAB03F

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143­–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 544 original description, as Lepas galatea]

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• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 220, as Balanus galeatus]
• Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 55]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 236]
• Hanley, Sylvanus 1855: Ipsa Linnaei conchylia. The shells of Linnaeus, determined from his manuscripts and collection. By Sylvanus Hanley ... Also, an exact reprint of the Vermes Testacea of the "Systema naturae" and "Mantissa". Williams and Norgate, London. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 453, as Lepas galeata]