Smilium acutum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Calanticomorpha

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 Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Calanticomorpha

Familia: Calanticidae
Subfamilia: Calanticinae
Genus: Smilium
Species: Smilium acutum

Name

• Smilium acutum (Hoek, 1883): 80
  • Original genus: Scalpellum
  • Type locality: Challenger station 78, 37° 24' N, 25° 13' W, 1000 fathoms
  • Types:
  • Distribution: Cosmopolitan in deep seas, 61-480 m
  • ZooBank: 7ABBCA15-12DA-4516-BD21-22E2B905600B

Synonyms

• Scalpellum longirostrum Gruvel, 1900: 190
  • Type locality: Portugal coast, Talisman, 1883, drag. 1, 1923 m
  • Types: Holotype MNHN Ci 339
  • Synonymized in Young, 2002: 336
  • ZooBank: 55955B19-8078-4F87-A7F7-5029F28DC5C6

References

• Hoek, P.P.C. 1883. Report on the Cirripedia collected by Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology. 8(25): 1–169. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 80, original description, as Scalpellum acutum]

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• 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. 256, synonymy and distribution]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1908. On the classification of scalpelliform barnacles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 60(1): 104–111. JSTOR BHL Reference page.  [See p. 107, generic re-assignment of Scalpellum acutum and Scalpellum longirostrum]
• Young, P.S. 2002: Revision of the Scalpellidae (Crustacea, Cirripedia) in the collection of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France, studied by Abel Gruvel. Zoosystema 24(4): 309–345. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 336, synonymized Scalpellum longirostrum]
• Young, P.S. 2003. Redescription of the calanticids (Cirripedia, Scalpellomorpha) described by Wilhelm Weltner. Zoosystematics and evolution, 79(1): 181–201. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20030790103 Readcube Reference page.  [See Table 1]
• Zevina, G.B. 1981. Barnacles of the suborder Lepadomorpha (Cirripedia, Thoracica) of the world oceans. I: Family Scalpellidae. Fauna SSSR, 127: 1-398. [In Russian] Reference page.  [discussion]

Links

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