An illustrated catalogue of the scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Scalpellidae) collected during the HMS “ Challenger ” expedition and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Shalaeva, Kate
kshalaeva@googlemail.com
Author
Boxshall, Geoff
kshalaeva@googlemail.com
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-05-29
3804
1
1
63
journal article
5379
10.11646/zootaxa.3804.1.1
6bf67a5d-ecd7-4f43-b3df-ebcad1333e71
1175-5326
4917932
C1A766F2-D26E-4567-A977-61EF72CBD83A
Genus
Vertebroscalpellum
Newman & Ross, 1998
Vertebroscalpellum
Newman & Ross, 1998: 572
;
Young, 2007: 35
.
Diagnosis.
Capitulum armed with?14 calcareous plates; peduncle long and slender, about twice height and less than half width of capitulum;
peduncular armament in imbricating sequence of two followed by three plates (2/3-2/3-etc.)
.
Type
species.
Arcoscalpellum spinum
Newman & Ross, 1998
.
Composition.
Five species.
Distribution.
Worldwide. Known depth range
535 to 4540 m
.
Remarks.
Vertebroscalpellum
was originally established as a subgenus of
Arcoscalpellum
Hoek, 1907
and was raised to generic level by
Young (2007)
.