M axillopoda
THECOSTRACA
PAULO S. YOUNG
Museu Nacional
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Class Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905
Superorder Rhizocephala Müller, 1862
Order Kentrogonida Delage, 1884
Family Peltogastridae Lilljeborg, 1860
Genus Peltogaster Rathke, 1843
Peltogaster purpureus (Müller, 1862)
Synonymy: Young, 1993a: 247.
Description and diagnosis: Müller, 1862: 5.
References: Müller, 1862: 5, figs. 5-6; 1863: 32, fig. 7; 1864: 60, figs. 56, 58, 60; 1869: 89, figs. 56, 58, 60; Boschma, 1937: 298; Young, 1993a: 247.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (SC).
Comments: Parasite of an unidentified species of Paguroidea.
Peltogaster socialis Muller, 1863
Description and diagnosis: Müller, 1863: 31.
References: Müller, 1863: 31, fig. 6; 1864: 63, fig. 59; 1869: 93, fig. 59; Weltner, 1897: 232.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (SC).
Comments: Parasite of an unidentified species of Paguroidea.
Family Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1860
Genus Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928
Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1975: 197.
Description and diagnosis: Boschma, 1928: 8; 1931: 365.
References: Weisbord, 1975: 197, pl. 26, figs. 8-15; Young, 1993a: 248, fig. 1a-b.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (PA).
Comments: Parasite of the decapod crustaceans Neopanope packardi, Panopeus herbstii, P. occidentalis, Eurypanopeus depressus, Pilumnus sayi, Tetraxanthus rathbunae, Rithropanopeus harrisii, Tetraplax quadridentata, and Lophopanopeus bellus.
G enus Ptychascus Boschma, 1933
Ptychascus glaber Boschma, 1933
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1975: 201.
Description and diagnosis: Boschma, 1933: 532.
References: Boschma, 1933: 532, figs. 43-48; 1967: 321, figs. 1-2; Weisbord, 1975: 201, pl. 24, figs. 1-4; Young, 1993a: 248.
Geographic distribution: Brazil (PA).
Comments: Parasite of the decapod crustaceans Sesarma benedicti and Aratus pisonii.
Genus Sacculina Thompson, 1836
Sacculina hirsuta Boschma, 1925
Synonymy: Young, 1993a: 248.
Description and diagnosis: Boschma, 1925: 10; 1931: 339; 1937: 260.
References: Farrapeira-Assunção et al., 1992a: 25; Young, 1993a: 248, fig. 1c-d.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (PB, PE, SP).
Comments: Parasite of the decapod crustacean Pilumnus dasypodus.
Family Lernaeodiscidae Boschma, 1928
Genus Lernaeodiscus Müller, 1862
Lernaeodiscus porcellanae Müller, 1862
Synonymy: Young, 1993a: 250.
Description and diagnosis: Müller, 1862: 2; 1869: 95; Boschma, 1969: 413.
References: Müller, 1862: 2, pl. 1, figs. 1-4; 1863: 26, figs. 1-5; 1864: 64, fig. 64; Weltner, 1897: 235; Weisbord, 1975: 204, pl. 25, figs. 1-3; Farrapeira-Assunção et al., 1992a: 25; Young, 1993a: 250, figs. 2, 3a-b.
Geographic distribution: Northeastern Pacific and Western Atlantic. Brazil (PA, MA, PE, AL, BA, SC).
Comments: Parasite of the porcellanid crustaceans Petrolisthes galathinus, P. cabrilloi, and P. armatus.
Lernaeodiscus sp.
Description and diagnosis: Young, 1993a: 252.
References: Young, 1993a: 252, fig. 3c-d.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (AL).
Comments: Parasite of the porcellanid crustacean Petrolisthes rosariensis.
Order Akentrogonida Häfele, 1911
Family Chthamalophilidae Bocquet-Védrine, 1961
Unidentified species
References: Young, 1993a: 253.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (SP).
Comments: Parasite of the thoracic crustacean Chthamalus proteus.
S ubclass Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834
Superorder Thoracica Darwin, 1854
Order Pedunculata Lamarck, 1818
Suborder Heteralepadomorpha Nilsson-Cantell, 1987
Family Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921
Genus Heteralepas Pilsbry, 1907
Heteralepas cornuta Darwin, 1852
Synonymy: Zevina, 1982: 116.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 165; Broch, 1927: 16.
References: Young, 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (RS).
Heteralepas lankesteri (Gruvel, 1900)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 11; Zevina, 1982: 119.
Description and diagnosis: Weisbord, 1979: 11.
References: Nilsson-Cantell, 1927: 759, fig. 7, pl. 1, fig. 5; Weisbord, 1979: 11, pl. 1, fig. 5; Young, 1990: 650; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (PE).
Genus Paralepas Pilsbry, 1907
Paralepas martini Young, 1990
Description and diagnosis: Young, 1990: 650.
References: Young, 1990: 650, figs. 5d-g, 6; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (AP).
Suborder Lepadomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Family Oxynaspididae Pilsbry, 1907
Genus Oxynaspis Darwin, 1852
Oxynaspis hirtae Totton, 1940
Synonymy: Totton, 1940: 474.
Description and diagnosis: Totton, 1940: 474.
References: Leta & Young, 1994: 30; Young, 1995: 230; Leta & Young, 1995[1996]: 24, figs. 1-4.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (BA).
F amily Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909
Genus Octolasmis Gray, 1825
Octolasmis hoeki (Stebbing, 1895)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 59; Zevina, 1982: 50.
Description and diagnosis: Stebbing, 1895: 18; Stubbings, 1967: 242.
References: Young, 1990: 646, fig. 3a-d; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Atlantic. Brazil (PE, SP, RJ).
Octolasmis lowei (Darwin, 1852)
Synonymy: Zevina, 1982: 59.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 128; Stubbings, 1964: 104; Zevina, 1982: 59; Young, 1990: 646, figs. 3e-h, 4.
References: Weltner, 1897: 241 (as Dichelaspis darwinii); Lacombe, 1977: 11; Weisbord, 1979: 60, pl. 6, fig. 14; Young, 1990: 646, figs. 3e-h, 4; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (from ES to RS).
Genus Poecilasma Darwin, 1852
Poecilasma inaequilaterale Pilsbry, 1907
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 40.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1907: 85.
References: Young, 1990: 650, fig. 5a-c; 1995: 230 .
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (from SP to RS).
Poecilasma kaempferi Darwin, 1852
Synonymy: Zevina, 1982: 98.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 102; Pilsbry, 1907: 84.
References: Young, 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (RJ).
Family Lepadidae Darwin, 1852
Genus Lepas Linnaeus, 1758
Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 13.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 73; Pilsbry, 1907: 79.
References: Weltner, 1897: 244; Luederwaldt, 1929: 52; Oliveira, 1940a: 138; Lacombe & Rangel, 1978: 3; Weisbord, 1979: 13, pl. 2, figs. 1-2; Young, 1990: 641, fig. 1a-c.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (from PB to RS).
Lepas anserifera Linnaeus, 1767
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 18.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 81; Pilsbry, 1907: 80.
References: Weltner, 1897: 244 (as L. anserifera dilatata); Luederwaldt, 1929: 52; Oliveira, 1940a: 138; Weisbord, 1979: 13, pl. 2, figs. 3-4; Young, 1990: 642, fig. 1d-f.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (from PB to RS).
L epas hilli (Leach, 1818)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 23.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 77; Pilsbry, 1907: 80.
References: Weisbord, 1979: 23, pl. 2, figs. 5-6; Holthuis, 1991: 16, figs. 27, 28a; Young, 1990: 642.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil.
Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1792
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 25.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 85; Pilsbry, 1907: 81.
References: Weisbord, 1979: 25, pl. 2, figs. 7-9; Young, 1990: 644, fig. 2a-b.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (SP, RS, PP).
Genus Dosima Gray, 1825
Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 28; Zevina, 1982: 21.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 92; Pilsbry, 1907: 81; Daniel, 1971: 85.
References: Heller, 1865: 253; Luederwaldt, 1929: 52; Weisbord, 1979: 28, pl. 2, figs. 10-11; Young, 1990: 644, fig. 2c-d.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (RJ, SC, RS).
Genus Alepas Rang, 1829
Alepas sp.
References: Solander apud Darwin, 1852: 159, footnote.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil.
Genus Conchoderma Olfers, 1814
Conchoderma virgatum (Spengler, 1790)
Synonymy: Zevina, 1982: 27.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1852: 146.
References: Holthuis, 1991: 17, figs. 27, 28a.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil.
Suborder Scalpellomorpha Nilsson-Cantell, 1987
Family Lithotryidae Gruvel, 1905
Genus Lithotrya Sowerby, 1822
Lithotrya dorsalis (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1977: 282; Young, 1992: 40.
Description and diagnosis: Weisbord, 1977: 282.
References: Borradaile, 1916: 131, figs. 4, 5a-b (as L. atlantica); Young, 1986: 108 (as L. atlantica); 1992: 40, fig. 1a-c; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (PB, AL, BA, TI).
F amily Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907
Subfamily Meroscalpellinae Zevina, 1978
Genus Hamatoscalpellum Zevina, 1978
Hamatoscalpellum rathbunae (Pilsbry, 1907 )
Synonymy: Zevina, 1978: 1345.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1970: 40.
References: Young, 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (SP to RS).
Genus Litoscalpellum Newman & Ross, 1971
Litoscalpellum henriquecostai (Weber, 1960)
Synonymy: Young, 1992: 42.
Description and diagnosis: Weber, 1960: 1; Young, 1992: 42.
References: Weber, 1960: 1, figs. 1-11; Zevina, 1978: 1344; 1981: 129, fig. 90; Young, 1992: 42, figs. 2-3; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (SP to RS).
Litoscalpellum regina (Pilsbry, 1907)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1977: 269; Zevina, 1981: 136.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1907: 21.
References: Calman, 1918: 112; Weisbord, 1977: 269, pl. 30, fig. 6; Zevina, 1981: 136 fig. 95; Young, 1992: 46, fig. 4; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (PE, RS).
Subfamily Arcoscalpellinae Zevina, 1978
Genus Verum Zevina, 1978
Verum idioplax Pilsbry, 1907: 48
Synonymy: Zevina, 1978: 1348.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1907: 48.
References: Young, 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (SP).
Genus Arcoscalpellum Hoek, 1907
Arcoscalpellum boubalocerus Young, 1992
Description and diagnosis: Young, 1992: 46.
References: Young, 1992: 46, figs. 5-7; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (RJ to RS).
Arcoscalpellum portoricanum (Pilsbry, 1907)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1977: 259.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1907: 35; Calman, 1918: 121.
References: Young, 1992: 52, fig. 8a-b; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (RS).
Arcoscalpellum triangulare (Hoek, 1883)
Synonymy: Newman & Ross, 1971: 84.
Description and diagnosis: Hoek, 1883: 84.
References: Young, 1992: 54, fig. 8c-e; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Antarctic and southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (RS).
Genus Weltnerium Zevina, 1978
Weltnerium aduncum (Aurivillius, 1892)
Synonymy: Aurivillius, 1894: 64.
Description and diagnosis: Aurivillius, 1894: 64.
References: Aurivillius, 1892: 130; 1894: 64, pl. 5, figs. 5-6; Weltner, 1898: 7; Zevina, 1981: 203, fig. 142; Young; 1995: 234.
Geographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (BA, RJ).
Comments: Localities inferred from distribution of the host (Hoek, 1881: 82), cited by Weltner (op.cit.) as localities of this species.
Order Sessilia Lamarck, 1818
Suborder Verrucomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Family Verrucidae Darwin, 1854
Genus Verruca Schumacher, 1817
Verruca caribbea Pilsbry, 1916
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 72.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1916: 28.
References: Young, 1993b: 256, fig. 1a-b; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (RS).
Verruca calotheca flavidula Pilsbry, 1916
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 74.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1916: 34; Nilsson-Cantell, 1927: 772.
References: Nilsson-Cantell, 1927: 772, fig. 13, pl. 1, fig. 6; Weisbord, 1979: 74, pl. 9, figs. 1-2; Young, 1993b: 257; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (PE).
Genus Rostratoverruca Broch, 1922
Rostratoverruca nexa (Darwin, 1854)
Synonymy: Weisbord, 1979: 79.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 522; Pilsbry, 1916: 29.
References: Young, 1993b: 257, fig. 1c-f; 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (ES, RJ, SP).
G enus Altiverruca Pilsbry, 1916
Altiverruca gibbosa (Hoek, 1883)
Synonymy Newman & Ross, 1971: 135.
Description and diagnosis: Hoek, 1883: 134.
References: Young, 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (SP) .
Altiverruca quadrangularis (Hoek, 1883)
Synonymy: Rosell, 1989: 24.
Description and diagnosis: Hoek, 1883: 140.
References: Hoek, 1883: 140, pl. 11, figs. 10-11, pl. 12, figs. 8-12; Young, 1995: 244.
Geographic distribution: Philippines and southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (RS).
Suborder Balanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916
Superfamily Chthamaloidea Darwin, 1854
Family Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854
Subfamily Euraphiinae Newman & Ross, 1976
Genus Euraphia Conrad, 1837
Euraphia rhizophorae (Oliveira, 1940)
Synonymy: Young, 1993b: 257.
Description and diagnosis: Oliveira, 1940b: 379; 1941: 26; Young, 1993b: 257.
References: Oliveira, 1940b: 379, pl. 1: 1941: 26, pl. 6, figs. 1 4; 1947: 726; Oliveira & Krau, 1953: 511; Gerlach, 1958: 670; Stubbings, 1967: 259, fig. 12; Ross, 1968: 6; Lacombe & Monteiro, 1974: 641, fig. 16; Southward, 1975: 32, pl. 3, fig. 8, pl. 4, fig. 14; Bacon, 1976: 38, figs. 13 16, tabs. 5 6; 1977: 40; Newman & Ross, 1976: 41; Bourget, 1977: 284; Lacombe, 1977: 4, tab. 2, map 1; Southward & Newman, 1977: 411; Achituv, 1984: 74; Laguna, 1985: 47, figs. 11a, c, 12a, c, 13a, c; 1987: 133, figs. 1a, c, 2a, c, 3a, c; Coelho & Farrapeira-Assunção, 1988: 107; Silva-Brum & Absalão, 1989: 143; Farrapeira-Assunção & Silva, 1991: 132; Young, 1993b: 257, figs. 2-5; 1995: 234.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (MA to PR).
Subfamily Chthamalinae Darwin, 1854
Genus Chthamalus Ranzani, 1817
Chthamalus bisinuatus Pilsbry, 1916
Synonymy: Young, 1993b: 262.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1916: 306; Dando & Southward, 1980: 807.
References: Darwin, 1854: 455 (as C. stellatus); Müller, 1867: 332 (as C. stellatus); 1868: 395 (as C. stellatus); Hoek, 1883: 31 (as C. stellatus); Weltner, 1897: 272, 273 (as C. stellatus and (?) Chamaesipho columna); Pilsbry, 1916: 306, pl. 71, fig. 6-6a; Nilsson-Cantell, 1925: 25, pl. 1, fig. 2 (as C. stellatus cornutus); 1931: 107; Luederwaldt, 1929: 52; Oliveira, 1940a: 138; 1941: 24, pl. 2, fig. 3, pl. 4, fig. 6, pl. 7, figs. 1-4; Lacombe & Monteiro, 1974: 641, fig. 15; Newman & Ross, 1976: 43; Bourget, 1977: 284; Lacombe, 1977: 2; Dando & Southward, 1980: 807, figs. 9c-g, 15d, 16; Silva-Brum & Absalão, 1989: 143; Farrapeira-Assunção & Silva, 1991: 132; Young, 1993b: 262, fig. 6; 1995: 234.
G eographic distribution: Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (from PI to RS, TI).
Chthamalus proteus Dando & Southward, 1980
Synonymy, Description and diagnosis: Dando & Southward, 1980: 793 and 809.
References: Dando & Southward, 1980: 809, figs. 9g-i, 10a-e, 11, 12, 15a, 16a; Silva-Brum & Absalão, 1989: 143; Farrapeira-Assunção & Silva, 1991: 132; Young, 1993b: 264, fig. 5; 1995: 234.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (from RN to PR).
Superfamily Coronuloidea Leach, 1817
Family Chelonibiinae Pilsbry, 1916
Genus Chelonibia Leach, 1817
Chelonibia caretta (Spengler, 1790)
Synonymy: Pilsbry, 1916: 267.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 394.
References: Pilsbry, 1916: 267, pl. 63, fig. 5-5a; Young, 1991: 191; Farrapeira-Assunção, 1991a: 133.
Geographic distribution: Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic. Brazil (RJ).
Chelonibia patula (Ranzani, 1818)
Synonymy: Pilsbry, 1916: 268.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 396; Pilsbry, 1916: 268; Stubbings, 1967: 297.
References: Darwin, 1854: 396, pl. 14, figs. 3a-b, 4; Lacombe, 1977: 11; Lacombe & Rangel, 1978: 5; Young, 1991: 191, fig. 1a; Botter et al., 1992: 34; Young, 1995: 230.
Geographic distribution: Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic. Brazil (from PB to SC).
Chelonibia testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1757)
Synonymy: Pilsbry, 1916: 264.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 392; Pilsbry, 1916: 264; Nilsson-Cantell, 1921: 369.
References: Weltner, 1897: 254; Pilsbry, 1916: 264, pl. 62, figs. 1-4; Young, 1991: 191, fig. 1b; Farrapeira-Assunção, 1991a: 133.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (CE, SE, BA, RJ, SP, SC, RS, TI).
F amily Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976
Genus Platylepas Gray, 1825
Platylepas decorata Darwin, 1854
Synonymy, description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 429, Monroe & Limpus, 1979: 206.
References: Young, 1991: 194, fig. 2a-e
Geographic distribution: Indian, Pacific, and southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (BA).
Platylepas hexastylos (O. Fabricius, 1798)
Synonymy: Pilsbry, 1916: 285.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 428 (as P. bissexlobata); Pilsbry, 1916: 285; Hiro, 1937: 472.
References: Silva-Brum, 1985: 55; Young, 1991: 195, fig. 2f.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (PB, RJ, RS).
Platylepas hexastylos ichthyophila Pilsbry, 1916
Synonymy: Young, 1991: 197.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1916: 287.
References: Young, 1991: 197, fig. 2g-h.
Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic. Brazil (PB).
Platylepas sp .
Synonymy: Young, 1991: 197.
Description and diagnosis: Pilsbry, 1916: 287.
References: Young, 1991: 197, fig. 21-j.
Geographic distribution: Atlantic. Brazil (SP).
Genus Stomatolepas Pilsbry, 1910
Stomatolepas elegans (Costa, 1838)
Synonymy: Monroe & Limpus, 1979: 203 (as S. praegustator); Young, 1991: 198.
Description and diagnosis: Young, 1991: 198.
References: Young, 1991: 198, fig. 3.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (PB, BA).
Stomatolepas transversa Nilsson-Cantell, 1930
Synonymy: Monroe & Limpus, 1979: 205; Young, 1991: 201.
Description and diagnosis: Young, 1991: 201.
References: Young, 1991: 201, fig. 4.
Geographic distribution: Aroe Archipelago, Australia, and Brazil (PB).
F amily Coronulidae Leach, 1817
Genus Coronula Lamarck, 1802
Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonymy, Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 417; Pilsbry, 1916: 273; Cornwall, 1924: 421; 1927: 504.
References: Young, 1991: 194, fig. 1c.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (RJ, SP) .
Coronula reginae Darwin, 1854
Synonymy: Cornwall, 1927: 507; Tarasov & Zevina, 1957: 244.
Description and diagnosis: Darwin, 1854: 419; Cornwall, 1927: 507; Tarasov & Zevina, 1957: 244.
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