Chthamalus hedgecocki

Chthamalus hedgecocki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chthamaloidea

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 Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Chthamaloidea

Familia: Chthamalidae
Subfamilia: Chthamalinae
Genus: Chthamalus
Species: Chthamalus hedgecocki

Name

Chthamalus hedgecocki Pitombo & Burton, 2007: 4

• Type locality: Punta Cameron, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, 23°14’15’’N, 106°26’45’’W
• Typus: Holotype complete adult MNRJ 19712; paratypes MNRJ 19716, 19717; SIO-BIC C-10941; EMU 6842
• Distribution: Upper mid-littoral, Punta Lobos, Baja California Sur to Acapulco, Sinaloa, Mexico
• ZooBank: 1C16557A-C2E8-4458-84DE-BAFB380F3CFC

Synonyms

• Chthamalus cortezianus Laguna, 1985:
  • Synonymized in Pitombo & Burton, 2007: 2 (insufficient morphological description, no type designation)

References

• Pitombo, F.B. & Burton, R. 2007. Systematics and biogeography of tropical eastern Pacific Chthamalus with descriptions of two new species (Cirripedia, Thoracica). Zootaxa 1574: 1–30. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.  [See p. 4, original description]

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• Chan, B.K-K., Chen, H-N., Dando, P.R., Southward, A.J. & Southward, E.C. 2016. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Chthamalid Barnacles from the North-Eastern Pacific (Crustacea Cirripedia). PLoS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149556.Reference page. 

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