Neoacasta fossata

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Acastinae
Genus: Neoacasta
Species: Neoacasta fossata

Name

• Neoacasta fossata (Barnard, 1924): 84
  • Original genus: Acasta
  • Symbiontː commensal on sponges, type unknown
  • Type locality: 33°53'S, 25°51'E, (Algoa Bay), 26 fathoms
  • Typus: Holotype SAM A 4213; paratypes A 4214, A 4215
  • Distributionː Seal Island, South Africa; type host not given
  • ZooBank: 7B85028C-F69F-4107-9C11-52EC26352FC3

References

• Barnard, K.H. 1924: Contribution to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 7. Cirripedia. Annals of the South African Museum Cape Town, 20: 1–103. BHLReference page.  [See p. 84, original description as Acasta fossata]

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• Kolbasov, G.A. 1993. Revision of the genus Acasta Leach (Cirripedia: Balanoidea). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 109(4): 395–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00307.x Reference page.  [See p. 407, generic re-asssignment]
• 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]