Gymnoscalpellum Newman & Ross 1971
- Dataset
- An illustrated catalogue of the scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) collected during the HMS “ Challenger ” expedition and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Maxillopoda
- order
- Pedunculata
- family
- Scalpellidae
- genus
- Gymnoscalpellum
description
Composition. Six species.
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Sexes separate; capitulum of adult female with 14 reduced plates; tergum in shape of inverted V; scutum either with or without minute, exceedingly narrow, apicolateral arm 1 / 5 or less length of tergal margin and deeply notched basal margin; upper latus either banana-shaped or bifid with long arm; carinal latus longer than wide, umbo at basi-carinal angle; inframedian latus small, triangular, with concave basal margin, umbo apical; rostral latus wider than high; caudal appendage long, comprising four or more segments. Type-species. Gymnoscalpellum tarasovi Newman & Ross, 1971.
distribution
Distribution. Worldwide, excluding Arctic. Known depth range 940 to 3020 m.