WoRMS taxon details
Polyascus Glenner, Lützen & Takahashi, 2003
463680 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:463680)
accepted
Genus
Sacculina polygenea Lützen & Takahashi, 1997 accepted as Polyascus polygenea (Lützen & Takahashi, 1997) accepted as Polyascus polygeneus (Lützen & Takahashi, 1997) (type by original designation)
- Species Polyascus gregarius (Okada & Miyashita, 1935)
- Species Polyascus planus (Boschma, 1933)
- Species Polyascus polygeneus (Lützen & Takahashi, 1997)
- Species Polyascus gregaria (Okada & Miyashita, 1935) accepted as Polyascus gregarius (Okada & Miyashita, 1935) (Species name emended to agree with masculine genus)
- Species Polyascus plana (Boschma, 1933) accepted as Polyascus planus (Boschma, 1933) (Species name emended to agree with masculine genus)
- Species Polyascus polygenea (Lützen & Takahashi, 1997) accepted as Polyascus polygeneus (Lützen & Takahashi, 1997) (Species name emended to agree with masculine genus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Glenner, H., J. Lützen & T. Takahashi. (2003). Molecular and morphological evidence for a monophyletic clade of asexually reproducing Rhizocephala: Polyascus, new genus (Cirripedia). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 23: 548-557. [details] Available for editors 
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Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Polyascus Glenner, Lützen & Takahashi, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=463680 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Glenner, H., J. Lützen & T. Takahashi. (2003). Molecular and morphological evidence for a monophyletic clade of asexually reproducing Rhizocephala: Polyascus, new genus (Cirripedia). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 23: 548-557. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details] 
