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| Ross, Arnold; Newman, William A.. |
| The coral-eating barnacle Hoekia monticulariae (Gray, 1831), the only internal parasite among the Thoracica described to this day, is characterized by an irregularly-shaped shell nestled cryptically between the polyps of the hermatypic coral Hydnophora Fischer, 1807, which occurs throughout most of the Indo-West Pacific. Because of its protean form, cirripedologists have failed to appreciate the diversity of taxa related to Hoekia, , a presumed monotypic genus. We describe seven new species divided between Hoekia and three new genera, Eohoekia, Parahoekia, and Ahoekia for which the Tribe Hoekiini is proposed. As in other pyrgomatids, calcareous overgrowth by the coral is inhibited around the edge of the wall and aperture. But in Hoekiini a pseudopolyp,... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Cirripedia; Pyrgomatidae; Hoekia; Coral-eating barnacles; New species; Parasitism; Functional morphology. |
| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504389 |
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| Ross, Arnold; Newman, William A.. |
| The systematics of pyrgomatids, stemming from the early 1800’s, has traditionally been based on the number of plates making up the wall (six, four or one) and specializations in the opercular plates. A recent study of the related bryozobiines focused attention on detailed structural modifications of the basis, which we now find also applies to some highly derived pyrgomatids and an archaeobalanine. Reexamination of the Indonesian coral barnacle Pyrgoma kuri Hoek, 1913 has revealed previously unknown morphological features, including separable opercular plates, a true tergal spur, and a basis lined with ladder to arch-like calcareous structures covering “atrial passageways”. Thus, the present study expands our knowledge of such specializations and our... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Pyrgomatidae; Atrial passageways; Chemical mediation; Parasitic dinoflagellates. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/534279 |
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