Taxonavigation

Familia: Poecilasmatidae
Genus: Octolasmis
Species: Octolasmis weberi
Subspecies (2): O. w. pennatulae – O. w. weberi –

Name

Octolasmis weberi (Hoek, 1907: 26)

• Original genus: Dichelaspis
• Symbiont: Commensal epibiont of gorgonians and hydroids
• Type locality: Siboga sta. 262, 5° 33.8' S, 132° 48.8' E, 560 m
• Types:
• Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Indian Ocean to South Africa
• ZooBank: DA2B9CC1-1988-4417-9706-50E60A032F79

References

• Barnard, K.H. 1924: Contribution to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. No. 7. Cirripedia. Annals of the South African Museum Cape Town, 20: 1–103. BHLReference page.  [See p. 60, as Octolasmis weberi, generic reassignment
• Hoek, P.P.C. 1907: The Cirripedia of the Siboga Expedition: A. Cirripedia Pedunculata. Siboga-Expeditie XXXI. EJ Brill. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 26, as Dichelaspis weberi, original description]
• Jones, D.S., Hewitt, M.A. & Sampey, A. 2000. A checklist of the Cirripedia of the South China Sea. In The Biodiversity of South China Sea. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (8): 233–307. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 244, distribution]
• Jones, D.S. & Hosie, A.M. 2016. A checklist of the barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of Singapore and neighbouring waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (Part I): 241–311. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 252, references, host and distribution]
• Voris, H.K. & Jeffries, W.B. 1997. Size, distribution and significance of capitular plates in Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Poecilasmatidae). Journal of crustacean biology, 17(2): 217-226. DOI: 10.2307/1549272 JSTOR Reference page.  [See Table 4, host and depth information]