Lithoglyptes viatrix

Taxonavigation: Acrothoracica

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Acrothoracica

Ordo: Lithoglyptida
Familia: Lithoglyptidae
Subfamilia: Lithoglyptinae
Genus: Lithoglyptes
Species: Lithoglyptes viatrix

Name

• Lithoglyptes viatrix Grygier & Newman, 3
  • Habitus: burrower in calcareous substrates
  • Type locality: Kaula Rock, 21°43.0-43.8'N, 160°36.5-37.5'W, 386-500 m; type host Enallopsammia amphelioides
  • Typus: holotype USNM 210849; paratypes USNM 210850, BMNH 1984.140-144, T814, BPBM B150, IPUW-2523, SDNHM
  • Distribution: Hawaiian Islands
  • ZooBank: 864E3471-3786-4ED3-9388-FC04F1DBB5CE

References

• Grygier, M.J. & Newman, W.A. 1985. Motility and calcareous parts in extant and fossil Acrothoracica (Crustacea: Cirripedia), based primarily upon new species boring in the deep-sea scleractinian coral Enallopsammia. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 21(1): 1–22. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 3, original description]

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• Kolbasov, G.A. 2009. Acrothoracica, Burrowing Barnacles. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. Reference page.  [See p. 316, diagnosis]