Trevathana noae, a new species of coral inhabiting barnacle (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Pyrgomatidae)

Yair Achituv; Andrew M Hosie

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.4

Trevathana noae, a new species of coral inhabiting barnacle (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Pyrgomatidae)

Zootaxa. 2013 Oct 29:3731:106-12. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.4.

Authors

Yair Achituv¹, Andrew M Hosie²

Affiliations

¹ The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900 Israel; Email: achity@gmail.com.
² Western Australian Museum, Welshpool D.C., WA 6986 Australia; Email: andrew.hosie@museum.wa.gov.au.

PMID: 25277556
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.4

Abstract

We describe a new species from the genus Trevathana Anderson, 1992, collected from the Cocos/Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Trevathana noae sp. nov. is similar to other species of Trevathana by its external shell and opercular valve morphology. It is distinct from congeners in that the tergum has a distinct spur which lacks an internal tooth in adult specimens. A key to the known species of Trevathana is given.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Anthozoa
Species Specificity
Thoracica / classification*
Thoracica / ultrastructure*