Taxonavigation

Familia: Archaeobalanidae
Subfamilia: Archaeobalaninae
Genus: Membranobalanus
Species: Membranobalanus longirostrum

Name

Membranobalanus longirostrum (Hoek, 1913: 205)

• Original genus: Balanus
• Symbiont: Commensal on sponges Spheciospongia purpurea and Spheciospongia inconstans
• Type locality: Anchorage off Dongola, Palos Bay, Celebes
• Types: not given by Hoek

Synonyms

• Balanus longirostrum var. krusadaiensis Daniel, 1955: 26 (junior synonym)

Balanus (Membranobalanus) roonwali Prem-Kumar & Daniel, 1968: 147 (junior synonym)

• Balanus basicupula Suhaimi, 1966: 65 (junior synonym)

References

• Hoek, P.P.C. 1913: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition. B. Siboga Expeditie Monogr. XXXIb, i-xxv: 129–275. BHLReference page.  (as Balanus longirostrum)

• 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. 53] (as Membranobalanus longirostrum)

• Nilsson-Cantell, C.A. 1921: Cirripeden-studien zur kenhtnis der biologie, anatomie und systematik dieser gruppe. Zoologiska bidrag fran Uppsala, 7: 75–395. [in German] BHL Reference page.  [See p. 340] (as Balanus (Membranobalanus) longirostrum)

• Prem-Kumar, V.K. & Daniel, A. 1968. A new species of operculate barnacle of the subgenus Membranobalanus (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from sponges in the Indian seas. Crustaceana, 14(2): 147-150. JSTOR Reference page.