Malacolepas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lepadiformes
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 Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Malacolepadidae
Genus:
Species (1): M. conchicola

[Source: WoRMS]

Malacolepas Hiro, 1933: 234

Original status: valid genus
Gender: [feminine]
Type species: Malacolepas conchicola Hiro, 1933: 234, by original designation [and monotypy]
ZooBank: 3D282A9C-9444-40AC-AF99-90723E405E86

Hiro, F. 1933: Notes on two interesting pedunculate Cirripeds, Malacolepas conchicola n. gen. et sp. and Koleolepas avis (Hiro) with remarks on their systematic positions. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 8: 233–247. Reference page. [See p. 234]

Chan, B.K-K., Dreyer, N., Gale, A.S., Glenner, H., Ewers-Saucedo, C., Perez-Losada, M., Kolbasov, G.A., Crandall, K.A. & Høeg, J.T. 2021. The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 789–846. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 Reference page. [See p. 42, mention]
Jones, D.S. & Morton, B. 2009. A new genus and species of barnacle (Cirripedia, Pedunculata) commensal with Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Arcoidea) from Queensland, Australia, with an analysis of the relationship. Crustaceana 82(7): 847–868. JSTOR Reference page. [discussion, comparison]