Octomeris brunnea

Octomeris brunnea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthamaloidea

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: Chthamaloidea

Familia: Chthamalidae
Subfamilia: Notochthamalinae
Genus: Octomeris
Species: Octomeris brunnea

Name

• Octomeris brunnea Darwin, 1854: 484
  • Type locality: Philippine Archipelago
  • Types: Cuming Museum
  • Distribution: Southern Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, east coast of Queensland in Australia, Santa Cruz and New Hebrides
  • ZooBank: 51C06F6F-7F9B-4F8C-9A7D-D7E7E24B3974

Synonyms

• Octomeris crassa Withers, 1932: 123
  • Placed as junior synonym by Pope, 1965: 20
  • ZooBank: 29BDD954-C595-41C5-8F7D-44FEFE940941

References

• Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page.  [See p. 484, original description]

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• Chan, B.K-K., Tsao, Y.F. & Ganmanee, M. 2020. Morphological and molecular evidence support the intertidal barnacle Octomeris intermedia Nilsson-Cantell, 1921 (Thoracica, Chthamalidae) as a valid species in Indo-Pacific waters. ZooKeys, 914: 1–31. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.914.49328 Reference page. 
• Hiro, F. 1939: Studies on the cirripedian fauna of Japan. IV. Cirripeds of Formosa (Taiwan) with some geographical and ecological remarks on the littoral forms. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, Series B 15(2): 245–284. pdf Reference page. 
• Jones, D.S., Hewitt, M.A. & Sampey, A. 2000. A checklist of the Cirripedia of the South China Sea. In The Biodiversity of South China Sea. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (8): 233–307. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 258]
• Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 264, distribution]
• 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. 40]
• 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. 299] (as Octomeris brunnea)
• Poltarukha, O.P. 2006: Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean. KMK Scientific Press, Ltd., Moscow. ISBN 5-87317-278-1. [In Russian] Reference page.  [See p. 80]
• Pope, E. C. 1965: A review of Australian and some Indomalayan Chthamalidae (Crustacea : Cirripedia). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90(1): 10–77. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 20]
• Withers, T.H. 1932: Barnacles from Magnetic Island, north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 122-124. Reference page.  [See p. 123] (as Octomeris crassa)

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