Poratria williamsi

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 Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Balanoidea

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Bryozobiinae
Genus: Poratria
Species: Poratria williamsi

Name

• Poratria williamsi Van Syoc & Newman, 2010: 77
  • Original status: valid species
  • Symbiont: commensal on sponge Psammocinia sp.
  • Type locality: Outer reef, off New Year's Bay, Bagabag Island, north coast of Papua New Guinea; 4°50′S 146°12′E; 20–100 ft (6.1– 30.5 m)
  • Typus: holotype CAS 107375; paratypes CAS 104579, 104590, 107378
  • ZooBank: 2705E520-9F3C-4D85-A101-51E756E33056

References

• Van Syoc, R. J.; Newman, W.A. 2010: Morphology and evolutionary ecology of a sponge-barnacle symbiosis: Four new genera of barnacles (Archaeobalanidae, Bryozobiinae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 392(1): 65-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.011 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 77]