Microlepas echinotrichae

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Lepadiformes

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

Name

• Microlepas echinotricha Grygier & Newman, 1991: 3
  • Symbiont: epibiont on broken spine of echinoid
  • Type locality: reef-flat lagoon 500 m east of Ile Noutie and 350 m north of a small cape, near Touaourou, southeastern New Caledonia, 22°12.7'S, 166°59'E, 1-1.5 m; type host Echinothrix calamaris
  • Typus: Holotype: USNM 250560; 3 paratypes: USNM 250561
  • Distribution: known only from type area
  • ZooBank: 542994DD-C5B2-423B-B80A-1F3A38B4E86B

References

• 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. 3, original description]

Links

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