Platylepas wilsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coronuloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Platylepadinae
Genus: Platylepas
†Species: Platylepas wilsoni

Name

• Platylepas wilsoni Ross, 1963a: 153
  • Geological age: late Pleistocene (Sangamon)
  • Type locality: 22805; Rim Ditch Canal 500 yds northeast of railroad bridge, NE 1/4 sec. 29, T36S R39E
  • Typus: holotype USNM 648508
  • Distribution: known only from holotype
  • ZooBank: 52B4875A-3A01-4AF0-95AB-40402E148A59

References

• Ross, A. 1963. A new Pleistocene Platylepas from Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Science 26(2): 150–158. BHLReference page.  [See p. 153, original description]

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• 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. 44]
• Ross, A. & Frick, M.G. 2011. Nomenclatural emendations of the family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae, and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007—including current definitions of family-groups within the Coronuloidea (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha). Zootaxa 3106: 60–66. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 62]