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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Arthropoda (phylum) » Maxillopoda (class) » Sessilia (order) » Pyrgomatidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 27 559015 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Trevathana dentata (Darwin, 1854) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | There is likely to be several cryptic species currently included under this name, and each host genus of coral appears to have a distinct species of barnacle, see Brickner et al, 2010. T. dentata s.s. appears to be restricted to species of Leptastrea. | ||||
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Record source: | Anderson, D.T., 1992. Structure, function and phylogeny of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanoidea)., Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, Vol. 106: 277-339. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Brickner, I., Simon-Blecher, N., Achituv, Y., 2010. Darwin's Pyrgoma revisited: revision of the Savignium group, molecular analysis and description of new species., Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 30(2): 266-291. |