Heteralepas PilSbry 1907
- Dataset
- A new pedunculate barnacle (Cirripedia: Heteralepadidae) from the Mediterranean with notes on reproduction
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Maxillopoda
- order
- Pedunculata
- family
- Heteralepadidae
- genus
- Heteralepas
discussion
Remarks. Species of Heteralepas are generally considered to have ctenopod or lasiopod cirri used for setose filter feeding, while Paralepas has acanthopod cirri, generally used to feed on the food or tissues of their hosts, including the eggs of hosts such as spiny lobsters (cf. Newman et al. 1969: Fig. 103, 2 a ctenopod, 4 lasiopod, 5 acanthopod). The two genera are further distinguished by the inner rami of the posterior two pairs of cirri (V and VI), which are similar to the outer rami in Paralepas but conspicuously reduced in length and breadth in Heteralepas (Nilsson- Cantell 1921).
Name
- Homonyms
- Heteralepas PilSbry 1907