Scleraspis connectens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Hexanauplia Subclassis: Thecostraca Infraclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Lepadomorpha
Familia: Oxynaspididae
Genus: Scleraspis
Species: Scleraspis connectens

Name

Scleraspis connectens (Broch, 1931: 34)

• Symbiont: Commensal on siliceous sponges
• Type locality: Kei-Islands: [Malaysia] Station 49. 5° 37’ S., 132° 23’ E., 245 m
• Types: Holotype ZMUC 6808
• Distribution: Reported only from type area
• ZooBank: B354F141-3A90-4B56-AABB-569A9D8187DB

Synonyms

Oxynaspis cancellatae Totton, 1940: 468

• Synonymized by Zevina, 1983
• Types and locality: Holotype BMNH 1890.4.9.7, Kei Islands, on Aphanipathes cancellata
• ZooBank: C73026A5-734E-43B4-B147-366F9482F190

Selected references

• Broch, H. 1931: Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. LVI. Indomalayan Cirripedia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 91: 1–146. Reference page.  [See p. 34, as Oxynaspis connectens} (original description)
• Van syoc, R. & Dekelboum, A.M. 2011: Oxynaspididae (Crustacea, Cirripedia): phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, with descriptions of three new genera and six new species. Zootaxa 3103: 1–32. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 3, as Pycnaspis connectens] (generic reassignment)
• Van syoc, R.; Dekelboum, A.M. 2012: Scleraspis nom. nov., replacement name for Pycnaspis Van Syoc & Dekelboum, 2011. Zootaxa 3296: 68–68. Preview Reference page.  [See p. 68, as Scleraspis connectens] (name correction)

External links

• Scleraspis connectens in the World Register of Marine Species