Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Thecostraca > Infraclass Cirripedia > Superorder Thoracica > Order Sessilia > Suborder Balanomorpha > Superfamily Balanoidea > Family Archaeobalanidae > Subfamily Acastinae > Genus Acasta

Acasta spongites (Poli, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acasta*	Leach, 1817	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Poli J. X. (1795). Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome. vol. 2, pp. 75-264, i-lxxvi, pl. 19-39. Parma, Regio Typographeio.
basis of record	Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Barnacle Collection
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Acasta spongites. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106205