Parabrachylepas ifoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Balanomorpha
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

Stem group Balanomorpha
Familia: Brachylepadidae
Genus: Parabrachylepas
Species: P. ifoensis –

Name

• Parabrachylepas ifoensis (Withers, 1935): 128
  • Original genus: Calantica (Scillaelepas)
  • Stratigraphic and geographic distribution: Cretaceous; (upper lower Campanian); Known only from type locality
  • Type locality: Ivö Klack, Scania, Sweden
  • Typus: Holotype BMNH In.29410; paratypes BMNH In.29407/29409, 29411/29416
  • ZooBank: 01950294-DD21-4062-B7C1-38BE0BD11696

References

• Withers, T.H. 1935: Catalog of fossil Cirripedia in the Department of Geology of the British Museum. Vol. 2, Cretaceous. London, British Museum, 433 p. Reference page.  [See p. 128, original description as Calantica (Scillaelepas) ifoensis]

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• Gale, A.S. & Sørensen, A.M. 2014. Origin of the balanomorph barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica): new evidence from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Sweden. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(9): 781–824. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.954824 Reference page.  [See p. 24, as Parabrachylepas ifoensis, generic reassignment]

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• Gale, A.S. & Sørensen, A.M. 2015. Taxonomy and palaeoecology of thoracican cirripedes (Crustacea) from a Campanian rocky shoreline at Ivö Klack, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research 54: 212–242. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.09.004 Reference page.  [See p. 239, supplementary description, life reconstruction, habitat]
• Gale, A.S. & Vidovic, S.U. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Balanomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 21(1)ː 2258370. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2258370 Reference page.  [See p. 48, discussion]