Rugilepas pearsei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadomorpha
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 Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Subordo: Lepadomorpha

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Rugilepas
Species: Rugilepas pearsei

Name

• Rugilepas pearsei Grygier & Newman, 1991: 11
  • Symbiont: commensal gall-forming epibiont on diadematid echinoids
  • Type locality: just south of mouth of Yuki River, Minatogawa, southeastern Okinawa Island, Japan, near zero tidal level; type host Diadema setosum
  • Typus: Holotype: USNM 250562; paratype USNM 250563
  • Distribution: Okinawa, Japan
  • ZooBank: 36656B86-8D5F-4C6E-8E53-D240CA05927C

References

• Grygier, M.J. & Newman, W.A. 1991. A new genus and two new species of Microlepadidae (Cirripedia: Pedunculata) found on Western Pacific diadematid echinoids. Galaxea, 10: 1–22. Reference page.  [See p. 11, original description]

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• Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page. 
• Yamamori, L. & Kato, M. 2020. Shift of feeding mode in an epizoic stalked barnacle inducing gall formation of host sea urchin. iScience, 23(3): 1–5. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.100885 Reference page.  [new occurrences host species, DNA analysis, taxonomic re-assignment]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Rugilepas pearsei – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rugilepas pearsei.
• ION
• Rugilepas pearsei in the World Register of Marine Species
• Rugilepas pearsei – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).