Malacolepas

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: Thoracica
Ordo: Lepadiformes

Subordo: Heteralepadomorpha
Familia: Malacolepadidae
Genus: Malacolepas
Species (1): M. conchicola

[Source: WoRMS]
Name

Malacolepas Hiro, 1933: 234

Original status: valid genus
Gender: [feminine]
Type species: Malacolepas conchicola Hiro, 1933: 234, by original designation [and monotypy]
ZooBank: 3D282A9C-9444-40AC-AF99-90723E405E86

References

Hiro, F. 1933: Notes on two interesting pedunculate Cirripeds, Malacolepas conchicola n. gen. et sp. and Koleolepas avis (Hiro) with remarks on their systematic positions. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 8: 233–247. Reference page. [See p. 234]

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. 42, mention]
Jones, D.S. & Morton, B. 2009. A new genus and species of barnacle (Cirripedia, Pedunculata) commensal with Arca navicularis Bruguière, 1789 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Arcoidea) from Queensland, Australia, with an analysis of the relationship. Crustaceana 82(7): 847–868. JSTOR Reference page. [discussion, comparison]

External links

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