Membranobalanus longirostrum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Membranobalanus
Species: Membranobalanus longirostrum

Name

• Membranobalanus longirostrum (Hoek, 1913): 205
  • Original genus: Balanus
  • Symbiont: Commensal on sponges Spheciospongia purpurea and Spheciospongia inconstans
  • Type locality: Anchorage off Dongola, Palos Bay, Celebes
  • Types: not given by Hoek
  • Distribution: Madras, Singapore, Celebes, Indo-Pacific
  • ZooBank: EA4B5463-93CD-4B72-9659-6A77C8444DCC

Synonyms

• Balanus longirostrum var. krusadaiensis Daniel, 1955: 26 (junior synonym)
  • Type locality:
  • Typus:
  • Distribution:
  • ZooBank: 7D07C465-29C0-4E51-B20A-97037038C0F9
  • Synonymized in Newman & Ross, 1976: 53
• Balanus (Membranobalanus) roonwali Prem-Kumar & Daniel, 1968: 147 (junior synonym)
  • Type locality: Royapuram Coast, Madras, 6 m, on sponges
  • Typus: Holotype ZSI C 5261/1; paratypes ZSI C 5262/1
  • Distribution: Madras, India
  • ZooBank: 31CC0C64-07B5-4CE2-A6C5-4F965139D183
  • Synonymized in Newman & Ross, 1976: 53
• Balanus (Membranobalanus) basicupula Suhaimi, 1966: 65 (junior synonym)
  • Type locality: Labrador Coast, Singapore
  • Typus: Holotype BMNH 1965.7.13.1; paratypes BMNH 1965.7.13.2, NMS 1304
  • Distribution: type area
  • ZooBank: 06AD0657-C473-4B1C-8BA8-430E5BC7D7D7
  • Synonymized in Newman & Ross, 1976: 53

References

• Hoek, P.P.C. 1913: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition. B. Siboga Expeditie Monogr. XXXIb, i-xxv: 129–275. BHLReference page.  [See p. 205, original description as Balanus longirostrum]

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• Daniel, A. 1955. The Cirripedia of the Madras Coast. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum (Natural History Society), new series 6(2): 1–40. Reference page.  [See p. 26, as Balanus longirostrum var. krusadaiensis, junior synonym]
• 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. 53, as Membranobalanus longirostrum]
• Nilsson-Cantell, C.A. 1921: Cirripeden-studien zur kenhtnis der biologie, anatomie und systematik dieser gruppe. Zoologiska bidrag fran Uppsala, 7: 75–395. [in German] BHL Reference page.  [See p. 340, as Balanus (Membranobalanus) longirostrum]
• Prem-Kumar, V.K. & Daniel, A. 1968. A new species of operculate barnacle of the subgenus Membranobalanus (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from sponges in the Indian seas. Crustaceana, 14(2): 147-150. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Suhaimi, A. 1966. A new species of Balanus (Crustacea: Cirripedia) from Singapore. Bulletin of the National Museum Singapore 33(9): 65–68. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 65, as Balanus (Membranobalanus) basicupula, junior synonym]