Octolasmis grayi

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 grayi (Darwin, 1851: 123)

Original genus: Dichelaspis
Symbiont: Commensal epibiont on body and paddle tail of sea snakes, several species, mostly family Hydrophiidae
Type locality: Indian Ocean
Types: Royal College of Surgeons
Distribution:
ZooBank: AB16E4B3-656E-402C-86A6-BD593E561014

Darwin, C. 1851. A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain. Paleontographical Society, London. 88 pp. BHL Reference page. [See p. 123, as Dichelaspis grayii, original description]
Hoek, P.P.C. 1887. On Dichelaspis pellucida, Darwin, from the scales of an Hydrophid obtained at Mergui. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 21(129): 154–155. BHL Reference page. [See p. 154, additional morphology and host data]
Jeffries, W.B. & Voris, H.K. 1979. Observations on the relationship between Octolasmis grayii (Darwin, 1851) (Cirripedia, Thoracica) and certain marine snakes (Hydrophiidae). Crustaceana, 37(2): 123–132. JSTOR Reference page. [See for relationships with marine snake hosts]
Voris, H.K. & Jeffries, W.B. 1997. Size, distribution and significance of capitular plates in Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Poecilasmatidae). Journal of crustacean biology, 17(2): 217-226. DOI: 10.2307/1549272 JSTOR Reference page. [See Table 4, host information, plus Oxynaspis pellucida]