Microlepas diademae

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Microlepadidae
Genus: Microlepas
Species: Microlepas diademae

Name

• Microlepas diademae Hoek, 1907: 43
  • Symbiont: commensal on broken spines of diademid echinoids
  • Type locality: Siboga sta. 53, Bay of Nagamessi, Sumba, 36 m; type host Diadema saxatillae
  • Typus:
  • Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, on various echinoids
  • ZooBank: 45CFD90A-26D4-46C7-AAAB-EE162B862196

References

• Hoek, P.P.C. 1907: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition: A. Cirripedia Pedunculata. Siboga-Expeditie XXXI. EJ Brill. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 43, original description]

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• Grygier, M.J. & Newman, W.A. 1991. A new genus and two new species of Microlepadidae (Cirripedia: Pedunculata) found on Western Pacific diadematid echinoids. Galaxea, 10: 1–22. Reference page.  [See p. 8, comparison, p. 11 host and distribution]
• Zevina, G.B. 1980. A new classification of the Lepadomorpha (Cirripedia). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 59(5): 689–698. [in Russian] Reference page.  [See p. 695]

Links

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