Description of a new species of Membranobalanus (Crustacea, Cirripedia) from southern Australia

By

Hosie, Andrew
Fromont, Jane
Munyard, Kylie
Jones, Diana S

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

873

Pages

25--42

Subjects

Archaeobalanidae , bioeroder , Clionaidae , commensal , computed tomography , Demospongiae , specificity , Spheciospongia purpurea , Symbiosis , temperate reef

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.873.35421

 

Abstract

A new species of sponge-inhabiting barnacle, Membranobalanus porphyrophilussp. nov., is described herein. This species can be distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of characters, in particular by the shapes of the tergum and scutum and the armament of the cirri. COI sequence data from the type specimens have been lodged with GenBank and a morphological key to the species of Membranobalanus is provided to aid future research. The host of the new species is the southern Australian endemic demosponge Spheciospongia purpurea. The new species of barnacle is thought to be host species specific.