Galatheascus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Thecostraca
Subclassis: Cirripedia
Superordo: Rhizocephala

Familia: Peltogastridae
Genusː Galatheascus
Species (2)ː G. babai – G. striatus
Name

Galatheascus Boschma, 1929ː 74
Type speciesː Galatheascus striatus Boschma, 1929ː 76, OD
ZooBank: DF4B0CB6-FC7D-4064-81BD-68DC3628233E

References

Boschma, H. 1929. Galatheascus striatus -- A new rhizocephalan. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 16(1): 73-79. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400029714 Paywall Reference page. [See p. 74, original description]

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 Open access Reference page. [See p. 38, mention in family]
Høeg, J.T., Noever, C., Rees, D.J., Crandall, K. & Glenner, H. 2020. A new molecular phylogeny-based taxonomy of parasitic barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190: 632–653. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz140 Open access pdf Reference page. [See p. 641, discussion]

Links

BHL bibliography
Galatheascus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galatheascus.
ION
Galatheascus in the World Register of Marine Species