New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia

The subfamily Acastinae contains a diverse group of barnacles that are obligate symbionts of sponges and alcyonacean and antipatharian corals. Integrating morphological and genetic (COI) data to compare against known species, this paper reports on nine species of sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the s...

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Main Authors: Hosie, Andrew M., Fromont, J., Munyard, Kylie, Jones, D.S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86492
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author Hosie, Andrew M.
Fromont, J.
Munyard, Kylie
Jones, D.S.
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Fromont, J.
Munyard, Kylie
Jones, D.S.
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description The subfamily Acastinae contains a diverse group of barnacles that are obligate symbionts of sponges and alcyonacean and antipatharian corals. Integrating morphological and genetic (COI) data to compare against known species, this paper reports on nine species of sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the subfamily Acastinae, including three undescribed species (Acasta caveata sp. nov., Euacasta acutaflava sp. nov., and E. excoriatrix sp. nov.) and three species previously not recorded in Australian waters (A. sandwichi, Pectinoacasta cancellorum, and P. sculpturata). The new species are distinguished from similar species by a suite of morphological characters as well as genetic distances. A lectotype for Pectinoacasta cancellorum is designated. Sponge hosts were identified for all specimens where possible and are represented by 19 species from eight families and five orders.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-864922021-11-30T01:27:42Z New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia Hosie, Andrew M. Fromont, J. Munyard, Kylie Jones, D.S. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Biodiversity & Conservation Environmental Sciences & Ecology biodiversity commensalism symbiosis barcodes Porifera Crustacea host specificity HOST-SPECIFICITY THORACICA ARCHAEOBALANIDAE BIODIVERSITY CHECKLIST EVOLUTION PATTERNS REVISION The subfamily Acastinae contains a diverse group of barnacles that are obligate symbionts of sponges and alcyonacean and antipatharian corals. Integrating morphological and genetic (COI) data to compare against known species, this paper reports on nine species of sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the subfamily Acastinae, including three undescribed species (Acasta caveata sp. nov., Euacasta acutaflava sp. nov., and E. excoriatrix sp. nov.) and three species previously not recorded in Australian waters (A. sandwichi, Pectinoacasta cancellorum, and P. sculpturata). The new species are distinguished from similar species by a suite of morphological characters as well as genetic distances. A lectotype for Pectinoacasta cancellorum is designated. Sponge hosts were identified for all specimens where possible and are represented by 19 species from eight families and five orders. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86492 10.3390/d13070290 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
Biodiversity & Conservation
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
biodiversity
commensalism
symbiosis
barcodes
Porifera
Crustacea
host specificity
HOST-SPECIFICITY
THORACICA
ARCHAEOBALANIDAE
BIODIVERSITY
CHECKLIST
EVOLUTION
PATTERNS
REVISION
Hosie, Andrew M.
Fromont, J.
Munyard, Kylie
Jones, D.S.
New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia
title New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia
title_full New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia
title_fullStr New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia
title_full_unstemmed New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia
title_short New species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from Australia
title_sort new species and new records of sponge-inhabiting barnacles (cirripedia, balanidae, acastinae) from australia
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biodiversity Conservation
Ecology
Biodiversity & Conservation
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
biodiversity
commensalism
symbiosis
barcodes
Porifera
Crustacea
host specificity
HOST-SPECIFICITY
THORACICA
ARCHAEOBALANIDAE
BIODIVERSITY
CHECKLIST
EVOLUTION
PATTERNS
REVISION
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86492