Thompsonia (barnacle)
For other uses of the term, see Thompsonia (disambiguation).
| Thompsonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Infraclass: | Cirripedia |
| Superorder: | Rhizocephala |
| Order: | Akentrogonida |
| Family: | Thompsoniidae |
| Genus: | Thompsonia Kossmann, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Thompsonia globosa Kossmann, 1872 | |
Thompsonia is a genus of barnacles which has evolved into an endoparasite of other crustaceans, including crabs and snapping shrimp.[1] It spreads through the host's body as a network of threads, and produces many egg capsules which emerge through joints in the host's shell.[2]
Taxonomic history
The first scientific description of the genus was Robby Kossmann's description in 1872 of Thompsonia globosa.[3][4] Kossmann named the genus after William Thompson, the Irish naturalist who had recognised the cirripedian affinities of the Rhizocephala.[3] The type specimens had been collected by Georg Semper in the East Indies, on the legs of the crab Lybia tessellata.[3] Eleven species are now recognised:[5]
- Thompsonia affinis Krüger, 1912
- Thompsonia chuni Häfele, 1911
- Thompsonia cubensis Reinhard & Stewart, 1956
- Thompsonia edwardsi Coutière, 1902
- Thompsonia globosa Kossmann, 1872
- Thompsonia haddoni Coutière, 1902
- Thompsonia japonica Häfele, 1911
- Thompsonia littoralis Lützen & Jespersen, 1990
- Thompsonia pilodiae Lützen & Jespersen, 1990
- Thompsonia reinhardi Lützen, 1992
- Thompsonia sinensis Keppen, 1877
References
- ↑ J. T. Høeg & A. J. Bruce (1988). "Thompsonia luetzeni, new species (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala), a solitary parasite from the alpheid shrimp Alpheus parvirostris". Bulletin of Marine Science. 42 (2): 246–252.
- ↑ Donald Thomas Anderson (1994). "Modes of life: phylogeny". Barnacles: Structure, Function, Development and Evolution. Springer. pp. 287–330. ISBN 978-0-412-44420-3.
- 1 2 3 F. A. Potts (1915). "On the Rhizocephalan genus Thompsonia and its relation to the evolution of the group". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 212: 1–32.
- ↑ Jens T. Høeg & Jørgen Lützen (1993). "Comparative morphology and phylogeny of the family Thompsoniidae (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Akentrogonida), with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species". Zoologica Scripta. 22 (4): 363–386. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00365.x.
- ↑ Christopher Boyko (2012). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, eds. "Thompsonia Häfele, 1911". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
Further reading
- Felix Häfele (1911). "Notizen über phylogenetisch interessanten Rhizocephalen". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 38 (7/8): 180–185.
- R. Kossmann (1872). "Beiträge zur Anatomie der schmarotzenden Rankenfüssler" [Contributions to the anatomy of parasitic Cirripedia]. Verhandlungen der Physikalischen Gesellschaft zu Würzburg (in German). 3 (4): 296–335, pls. 16–18.
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