Stomatolepas elegans

Stomatolepas elegans

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Coronuloidea

Familia: Platylepadidae
Subfamilia: Stomatolepadinae
Genus: Stomatolepas
Species: Stomatolepas elegans

Name

• Stomatolepas elegans (Costa, 1840): 14
  • Original genus: Coronula
  • Symbiont: Commensal embedded in soft skin of marine turtles
  • Type locality:neotype locality, Nova Scotia
  • Typus: Neotype YPM 42775
  • Distribution: Cosmopolitan, tropical, subtropical and temperate waters, on sea turtles
  • ZooBank: F611E4AC-3766-4072-A14E-1020C87A9ACE

Synonyms

• Stomatolepas dermochelys Monroe & Limpus, 1979: 202 (unnecessary new name pro S. elegans)
  • Synonymized in Frick et al., 2010
  • ZooBank: 78394C01-3013-4C68-AD19-E796F80809F5

References

• Costa, O.G. 1840: Di alcuni Balanidi appartenenti al Regne di Napoli. Atti Accademia Scienze di Napoli, 5: 1–117. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 14, original description as Coronula elegans] (Costa, 1838 of authors, was determined to be 1840 by W. A. Newman)

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• Frick, M.G., Zardus, J.D. & Lazo-Wasem, E.A. 2010. A new Stomatolepas barnacle species (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea) from leatherback sea turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 51(1): 123–136. DOI: 10.3374/014.051.0102 Reference page.  [See p. 129] (clarify nomenclature and synonymy, select neotype)
• Monroe, R. & Limpus, C.J. 1979: Barnacles on turtles in Queensland waters with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 197–223. Abstract BHL Reference page.  [See p. 202, discussion and replacement name]
• 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]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 289, as Stomatolepas elegans, generic re-assignment]