Octolasmis stella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Infraclassis: Thoracica Superordine: Thoracicalcarea Ordine: Scalpellomorpha Superfamily: Lepadoidea

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Octolasmis
Species:

Octolasmis stella (Annandale, 1909: 117)

Original genus: Dichelaspis
Symbiont: Obligate commensal on crab gills (Homola megalops and Puerulus sewelli)
Type locality: Stations 115 and 235
Types: Types IM 5636/10
Occurrence: Bay of Bengal and Kerala, India, 200-325 m
ZooBank: 7DAF40D8-2B88-44BD-B10A-382E1540BA3D

Annandale, N. 1909. An account of the Indian Cirripedia Pedunculata. Pt. I. Family Lepadidae (sensus stricto). Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 2(2): 60–138. BHL Reference page. [See p. 117, as Dichelaspis stella]
Dinamani, P. 1965. Octolasmis stella (Annandale), a Pedunculate Cirriped from the Gills of Puerulus sewelli Ramadan. Crustaceana 8(1): 92–96. JSTOR Reference page. [redescription]
Nilsson-Cantell, C.A. 1938: Cirripedes from the Indian Ocean in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 13: 1–81. pdf Reference page. [See p. 11, as Octolasmis stella]