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WoRMS taxon details

Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854

AphiaID

370509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370509)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acasta Leach, 1817

Original name

Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854

Environment

marine

Original description

Darwin, C. (1854). A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia with Figures of All the Species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verricidae, etc., etc., etc. The Ray Society, London. i-viii + 1-684, pls. 1-30., available online at https://ia600409.us.archive.org/30/items/monographonsubcl02darw/monographonsubcl02darw.pdf [details]

Type data

Holotype , geounit Madeira

Holotype, geounit Madeira [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370509 on 2025-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-11-20 13:17:46Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-10-22 11:02:18Z

checked

Chan, Benny K.K.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Darwin, C. (1854). A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia with Figures of All the Species. The Balanidae, (or Sessile Cirripedia); the Verricidae, etc., etc., etc. The Ray Society, London. i-viii + 1-684, pls. 1-30., available online at https://ia600409.us.archive.org/30/items/monographonsubcl02darw/monographonsubcl02darw.pdf [details]

basis of record Wirtz, P.; Araújo, R.; Southward, A. J. (2006). Cirripedia of Madeira. Helgoland Marine Research. 60(3): 207-212. [details]

Other

additional source Gittings, S. R. 2009. Cirripedia (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 827–836 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Van Syoc, R.J. and R. Winther. 1999. Sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the Americas: a new species of Acasta (Cirripedia, Archaeobalanidae), first record from the eastern Pacific, including discussion of the evolution of cirral morphology. Crustaceana 72(5): 467-486. [details]