Loxothylacus

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: Sacculinidae
Genusː Loxothylacus
Species (28)ː L. amoenus – L. aristatus – L. armatus – L. auritus – L. bicorniger – L. brachythrix – L. caribaeus – L. carinatus – L. corculum –) L. desmothrix – L. echioides – L. engeli – L. ihlei – L. kossmanni – L. longipilus – L. musivus – L. omissus – L. panopaei – L. perarmatus – L. sclerothrix – L. setaceus – L. spinulosus – L. strandi – L. texanus – L. tomentosus – L. torridus – L. variabilis – L. vepretus –
Name

Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928ː 6
Type species:ː Sacculina corculum Kossmann, 1872, OD
ZooBank: 919E26F4-38B3-4311-B6C7-606B089BE6D3

References

Boschma, H. 1928. Two common species of parasitic Crustacea (Sacculinidae) of the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73(2726)ː 1–10. BHL Reference page. [See p. 6, 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, discussion]
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. 643, discussion]

Links

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

Loxothylacus is a genus of parasitic barnacles in the family Sacculinidae. There are more than 20 described species in Loxothylacus.[1][2][3]
Species

These species belong to the genus Loxothylacus:

Loxothylacus amoenus Boschma, 1940
Loxothylacus aristatus Boschma, 1931
Loxothylacus armatus Boschma, 1949
Loxothylacus auritus Boschma, 1954
Loxothylacus bicorniger Boschma, 1933
Loxothylacus brachythrix Boschma, 1940
Loxothylacus caribaeus Boschma, 1974
Loxothylacus carinatus (Kossmann, 1872)
Loxothylacus corculum (Kossmann, 1872)
Loxothylacus desmothrix Boschma, 1931
Loxothylacus echioides Boschma, 1940
Loxothylacus engeli Boschma, 1968
Loxothylacus ihlei Boschma, 1949
Loxothylacus kossmanni Boschma, 1955
Loxothylacus longipilus (Boschma, 1933)
Loxothylacus musivus Boschma, 1940
Loxothylacus omissus Boschma, 1957
Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884)
Loxothylacus perarmatus Reinhard & Reischman, 1958
Loxothylacus sclerothrix Boschma, 1933
Loxothylacus setaceus Boschma, 1931
Loxothylacus spinulosus Boschma, 1928
Loxothylacus strandi Boschma, 1936
Loxothylacus texanus Boschma, 1933
Loxothylacus tomentosus Shiino, 1943
Loxothylacus torridus Boschma, 1940
Loxothylacus variabilis Boschma, 1940
Loxothylacus vepretus Boschma, 1947

References

"Loxothylacus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
"World Register of Marine Species, genus Loxothylacus". Retrieved 2021-09-01.
Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (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.