Published March 24, 2021 | Version v1
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Lithoglyptinae Aurivillius 1892

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa
  • 2. Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5791 - 4725

Description

Subfamily Lithoglyptinae Aurivillius, 1892

Lithoglyptinae Aurivillius, 1892: 133.— Kolbasov & Newman 2005: 41.— Kolbasov 2009: 240.

Diagnosis. Lithoglyptids with 4 pairs of terminal cirri and with caudal appendages. Dwarf males can be bottleshaped, pear-shaped or with wing-like lateral projections, with simple attachment antennules, or with long attachment stalk.

Remarks. There are currently 3 genera in this subfamily, Auritoglyptes, Balanodytes and Lithoglyptes. Only Balanodytes is found in South Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Botha, Thomas P. A. & Griffiths, Charles L., 2021, South African Acrothoracica (Crustacea: Cirripedia), pp. 45-78 in Zootaxa 4949 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4635765

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lithoglyptidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pygophora
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Aurivillius
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Lithoglyptinae Aurivillius, 1892 sec. Botha & Griffiths, 2021

References

  • Aurivillius, C. W. S. (1892) Neue Cirripeden aus dem Atlantischen, Indischen und Stillen Ocean. Koniglich Vetenskapakademiens Forhandlingar, 3, 123 - 134.
  • Kolbasov, G. A. & Newman, W. A. (2005) Revision of the Lithoglyptidae sensu Tomlinson, 1969 and Lithoglyptes Aurivillius, 1892 (Cirripedia, Acrothoracica), including a new species from Bermuda. Zootaxa, 1013 (1), 35 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1013.1.3
  • Kolbasov, G. A. (2009) Acrothoracica, burrowing crustaceans. KMK Scientific Press Ltd, Moscow, 452 pp.