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Trianguloscalpellum gigas

Description

Trianguloscalpellum gigas (Hoek, 1883)

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Scalpellum gigas Hoek, 1883: 102, pl. IV, figs 1–2, pl. IX, fig. 11; 1884: 4; Weltner, 1897: 248; Gruvel, 1905: 75, fig.84;

Schmalz, 1906: 68; Nilsson-Cantell, 1931: 8; Zevina, 1969: 67; 1970: 253; Klepal, 1987: 304; 1990: 360. Scalpellum gigas, section Holoscalpellum Pilsbry, 1907a: 25. Scalpellum (Arcoscalpellum) gigas: Pilsbry, 1911: 62. Arcoscalpellum gigas: Newman & Ross, 1971: 60. Non Trianguloscalpellum gigas: Foster & Buckeridge, 1995b: 169, fig. 2E (= T. ovale (Hoek, 1883)). Trianguloscalpellum gigas: Zevina, 1981a: 317–318, fig. 241; Young, 1998b: 33–34, figs 21e–f, h; 22; 2007: 63–64, figs

79–80; Poltarukha, 2012: 37, fig. 10.

Material examined. Holotype NHM UK 2013.1122 and paratype NHM UK 2013.1123, Stn 246: Pacific, Northwest (Middle of); 3748 m.

Supplementary descriptions. Young (1998b) and Poltarukha (2012), including appendage descriptions.

Distribution. Pacific, Northwest and Southwest; Indian Ocean. Known depth range 3310 to 4820 m.

Remarks. The shell plate details of this large species show similarities to those of T. darwinii and T. ovale (Hoek, 1883), but some differences were described by Young (1998b).

Notes

Published as part of Shalaeva, Kate & Boxshall, Geoff, 2014, An illustrated catalogue of the scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) collected during the HMS " Challenger " expedition and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 3804 (1) on pages 42-43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3804.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4917932

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scalpellidae
Genus
Trianguloscalpellum
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pedunculata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hoek
Species
gigas
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Trianguloscalpellum gigas (Hoek, 1883) sec. Shalaeva & Boxshall, 2014

References

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  • Weltner, W. (1897) Verzeichnis der bisher beschriebenen recenten Cirripedienarten. Mit Angabe der im berliner Museum vorhandenen Species und ihrer Fundorte. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 63 (1), 227 - 280.
  • Gruvel, A. (1905) Monographie des Cirrhipedes ou Thecostraces. Masson et Cie (editeurs), Libraire de l'Academie de Medicine, Paris, 472 pp.
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