Catophragmidae
| Catophragmidae Temporal range: Cretaceous–recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Infraclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Sessilia |
| Suborder: | Balanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chthamaloidea |
| Family: | Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968[1] nom. trans. Newman & Ross, 1976[2]36 |
| subfamilies | |
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The Catophragmidae are a family of barnacles in the superfamily Chthamaloidea with eight shell wall plates (rostrum, carina, paired rostrolatera, carinolatera I and carinolatera II), surrounded by several whorls of imbricating plates. The basis is membranous.[3]:57
This family occupies lower to upper midlittoral warm seas of the Pacific Coast of Central America, Caribbean, Bermuda, and Australia/Tasmania.[3]:57[4] These populations are highly disjunct and can be seen as relictual.
Two subfamilies are recognized:
- Catophragminae Ross & Newman, 2001
- Catomerinae Ross & Newman, 2001
The family contains these genera:[5] All genera are at present monotypic.
- Catolasmus Ross & Newman, 2001[4]:81
- Catomerus Pilsbry, 1916
- Catophragmus Sowerby, 1827
- †Pachydiadema Withers, 1935
The Catophragmidae have historically suffered from a lack of systematic attention. Ross and Newman, 2001[4] published a revision of the family, proposing one new genus and creating two subfamilies. The family was discussed as representing very early balanomorph lineages. The known species conserve many plesiomorphic traits.
References
- ↑ Huzio Utinomi (1968). "A revision of the deep-sea barnacles Pachylasma and Hexelasma from Japan, with a proposal of new classification of the Chthamalidae (Cirripedia, Thoracica)". Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 16 (1): 21–39.
- ↑ Newman, W. A.; A. Ross (1976). "Revision of the Balanomorph Barnacles including a catalog of the species". Memoirs of San Diego Society of Natural History. 9: 1–108.
- 1 2 Poltarukha, O. P. (2006). Identification Atlas of the Superfamily Chthamaloidea Barnacles (Cirripedia Thoracica) in the World Ocean (in Russian). Moscow: KMK Scientific Press, Ltd. pp. 1–198. ISBN 5-87317-278-1.
- 1 2 3 Ross, A.; W. A. Newman (2001). "The Catophragmidae: members of the basal balanomorph radiation". Sessile Organisms. 18 (2): 77–91.
- ↑ Geoff Boxshall (2013). "Catophragmidae Utinomi, 1968". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
External links
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Data related to Catophragmidae at Wikispecies