Revision of the Lithoglyptidae sensu Tomlinson, 1969 and Lithoglyptes Aurivillius, 1892 (Cirripedia, Acrothoracica,), including a new species from Bermuda
Author
Kolbasov, Gregory A.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology (White Sea Biological Station), Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia, e-mail: kolbasov @ soil. msu. ru Marine Biological Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093 - 0202, USA, e-mail: wnewman @ ucsd. edu
Author
Newman, William A.
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Auritoglyptes
gen. n.
(
Figs. 3
,
4
)
Lithoglyptes
Aurivillius, 1892:133
, in part.
Chytraea
Utinomi, 1950c:458
,
nom. nud.
(does not satisfy the requirements of ICZN Articles 13.1.1 and 13.3, and hence Chytraeidae
Utinomi, 1950c:457
also
nom. nud.
).
Diagnosis:
Lithoglyptinae
having twosegmented caudal appendages plus pedestals, an operculum with a pair of long, articulated, posterior, setose, earlike processes, or “auricles” (
Fig. 3A
), opercular bars with well developed, anteriorly hooked (decurved) opercular projections, and a mantle without an orificial knob or lateral bars.
Etymology: from the Latin
auritus –
eared, in reference to the pair of posterior processes (“auricles”) of the operculum, and the Greek
glyptes
– carver, in reference to its affinities with the rock carver,
Lithoglyptes
.
A monotypic genus represented by
Auritoglyptes bicornis
(
Aurivillius, 1892
)
the
type
, morphologically although not necessarily genetically a senior synonym of
L. spinatus
Tomlinson & Newman, 1960
(cf.
Newman & Tomlinson 1974
).
FIGURE 3
.
Auritoglyptes
gen. nov.
:
A. bicornis
(
Aurivillius, 1892
)
. A – viewed from right side; B – mandible; C – mandibular palp; D – maxillule; E – caudal appendage; F – dwarf male. (A, E, F – from
Kolbasov, 2000e
). Abbreviations: ad – attachment disk; as – apertural slit; cc – comb collar; lp – lateral projection (wing); obp – opercular bar, posterior projection; oka – orificial knob area; sp – long, articulated posterior setose process (“auricle”); st – stalk. Scale bars in µm.
FIGURE 4.
Auritoglyptes
gen. nov.
:
A. bicornis
(
Aurivillius, 1892
)
. A, B – posterior and anterior portions of operculum respectively; C – surface of an auricle; D – opercular papilla; E – massive multifid scales; F – surface of orificial knob area; G – cuticle of attachment disk; H – flexible cuticular extensions of attachment disk (G) enlarged; I – dwarf male, apertural slit; J – dwarf male, base of stalk; K – dwarf male, rows of fringes or denticles on the middle part of body (all photos from
Kolbasov, 2000e
). Abbreviations: as – apertural slit; cc – comb collar; ms – massive multifid scales; obp – opercular bar, posterior projection; op – opercular papillae; sp – auricle; spp –papillae of an auricle; st – stalk. Scale bars in µm.
Description: The opercular bars are armed with long setae and bifid and simple teeth, and a pair of strong, anteriorly hooked, posterior projections (
Figs. 3 A
;
4 A
). A pair of long, articulated, setose processes (“auricles”) inserted posterior to the opercular bars are diagnostic for the genus. Welldeveloped apertural (opercular) papillae are located beneath the opercular bars in conspicuous pits, between the rows of prominent multifid scales, (
Fig. 4 B, D
), and on the surface of the auricles (
Fig. 4 C
). Typical prominent multifid scales, with scattered small setae coming up between them, cover the lateral faces of the operculum (
Fig. 4 E
). Lateral bars are absent. The orificial knob area lacks teeth but bears setae and dense multifid scales (
Figs. 3 A
;
4 F
).
The oval or teardrop shaped attachment disk has indistinct growth lines and its cuticle is covered with dense, flexible extensions united into groups with oval outlines (
Fig. 4 G, H
).
The caudal appendages consist, as in
Lithoglyptes
s.s.
, of two segments supported by a pedestal, although the distal segment, with four plumose setae, is shorter than the proximal one (
Fig. 3 E
).
The mantle of the dwarf males (
Fig. 3 F
) has welldeveloped, winglike lateral body projections. The apertural slit, situated on the elongated end of mantle, is without teeth, setae or denticles (
Fig. 4 I
). There is a long, thin stalk between the mantle and antennules (
Figs. 3 F
;
4 J
). The cuticle of the body is covered by small, sharp and dense extensions characteristic for all lithoglyptids (
Fig. 4 K
).
Distribution: Almost all tropical and subtropical waters: Red Sea, Aden,
Maldives
,
Thailand
, Java,
Vietnam
, New
Guinea
,
Japan
, Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island)
Australia
,
Marshall Islands
, Line Islands, Caribbean and
Bermuda
(re habitat and associates, cf.
A. thomasi
sp. nov.
herein). Depth: from subtidal zone to
10 m
.
Hosts. On
Acropora palmata
,
Acropora studeri
,
Dendrophylla
axifuga
and some undetermined corals. Bivalve molluscs
Barbatia decussata
,
Pinctada margaritifera
,
Pteria avicula
,
Tridacna maxima
; and gastropods
Drupa ricinus
,
Morula cavernosa
,
Turbo argirostoma
. Also in skeletons of dead invertebrates and limestone.