Taxonavigation

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Conopea
Species: Conopea investita

Name

Conopea investita (Hoek, 1913: 224)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Symbiont: obligate commensal on gorgonian Acanthogoria truncata
• Type locality: Siboga Station 260, 5° 36.5' S, 132° 55.2' E, 90 m
• Types:
• Distribution: Java and Banda seas, Indonesia
• ZooBank: 13ECAE0E-2F54-47A2-A3F0-48C5F7733104

References

• Carriol, R-P. & Schneider, S. 2016. New species of cirripedes (Calanticidae, Scalpellidae and Archaeobalanidae) from the mid Burdigalian (Miocene) of the North Alpine Foreland Basin. Annales de Paléontologie, 102(1): 41–50. DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2016.01.002 Full article (PDF).Reference page.  [See Table 2, distribution]
• Hoek, P.P.C. 1913: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition. B. Siboga Expeditie Monogr. XXXIb, i-xxv: 129–275. BHLReference page.  [See p. 224, as Balanus (section Patello-Balanus) investitus]
• Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL Reference page.  [See p. 55]
• Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 Reference page.  [See p. 235, as Balanus (Conopea) investitus]
• Van Syoc, R.J., Carrison-Stone, D., Madrona, L., & Williams, G.C. 2014. Barnacle symbionts of gorgonian sea fans: Description of Seven New Species (Archaeobalanidae:Cirripedia) from the Philippines, Including a Key to Western Pacific Species of Conopea, p. 171–211. In: Williams, Gary C., & Terrence M. Gosliner, eds. 2014. The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, 94118, USA. ISBN 0940228750Reference page.  [See Table 8, hosts]