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WoRMS taxon details

Megalasma Hoek, 1883

AphiaID

204443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204443)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909

Direct children (11)

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Species Megalasma annandalei Pilsbry, 1907
Species Megalasma carinodentatum Weltner, 1894
Species Megalasma elegans Newman, 1964
Species Megalasma minus Annandale, 1906
Species Megalasma striatum Hoek, 1883
Species Megalasma bellum Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Megalasma minus Annandale, 1906 (listed as synonym by Zevina, 1982)
Species Megalasma carinatum (Hoek, 1907) accepted as Glyptelasma carinatum (Hoek, 1883) (generic reassignment)
Species Megalasma hamatum Calman, 1919 accepted as Glyptelasma hamatum (Calman, 1919)
Species Megalasma orientale Calman, 1919 accepted as Glyptelasma orientale (Calman, 1919) (generic re-assignment)
Species Megalasma rectum Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Glyptelasma rectum Pilsbry, 1907
Species Megalasma subcarinatum Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Glyptelasma subcarinatum (Pilsbry, 1907) (generic reassignment)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Megalasma Hoek, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204443 on 2025-04-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-24 15:46:55Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-10-22 06:14:53Z

changed

Chan, Benny K.K.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Ren, X. (1989). On a collection of Cirripedia thoracia from Madagascar and adjacent waters. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris. 11(2): 431-468. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]