Weltneria spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrothoracica
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: Acrothoracica

Ordo: Lithoglyptida
Familia: Lithoglyptidae
Subfamilia: Berndtiinae
Genus: Weltneria
Species: Weltneria spinosa

Name

• Weltneria spinosa Berndt, 1907: 289
  • Type locality: Hermanus (3425’1.62”S, 1914’55.46”E) in the Western Cape Province, South Africa; type host Haliotis midae
  • Typus:
  • Distribution: Western and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa, <5 m.
  • ZooBank: 4E199B49-5DBA-4928-8ACF-3F0D2CA4006A

References

• Berndt, W. 1907. Studien an bohrenden Cirripedien (Ordnung Acrothoracica Gruvel, Abdominalia, Darwin). I Teil: Die Cryptophialidae. Archiv für Biontologie 1(2): 167–210. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 289, original description]

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• Kolbasov, G.A. 2009. Acrothoracica, Burrowing Barnacles. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. Reference page.  [See p. 284, synonymy, diagnosis, distribution]
• Tomlinson, J.T. 1969: The burrowing barnacles (Cirripedia: Order Acrothoracica). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 296: 1–162. BHL Reference page.  [[See p. 32,
• Tomlinson, J.T. (1987) The burrowing barnacles (Acrothoracica). Pp. 63–71 In: Southward, A.J. (Ed.), Barnacle Biology. Crustacean Issues. Vol. 5. Balkema, Rotterdam. DOI: 10.1201/9781315138053-3 Reference page.  [See p. 65]