Memagreta pandorae

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: Pyrgomatidae
Subfamilia: Megatrematinae
Tribus: Megatrematini
Genus: Memagreta
Species: Memagreta pandorae

Name

Memagreta pandorae Ross; Pitombo, 2002: 64

• Original status: valid species
• Symbiont on ?Favites sp.
• Type locality: Pandora Key, Palm Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, 18°S, 146°E
• Types: Holotype AMNH Crust. 17986; paratypes AMNH Crust. 17986a-d
• ZooBank: 60D6053B-F9B5-490A-A4FB-DD10BB249DA4

References

• Ross, A. & Pitombo, F.B. 2002: Notes on the coral-inhabiting Megatrematinae and the description of a new tribe, new genus and three new species (Cirripedia: Sessilia: Pyrgomatidae). Sessile organisms 19(2): 57-68. DOI: 10.4282/sosj.19.57 Reference page.  [See p. 64]