Acasta (genus)
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Acasta is a genus of barnacle
s in the family
Archaeobalanidae
, containing the following species:
Barnacle
A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile suspension feeders, and have...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Archaeobalanidae
Archaeobalanidae
Archaeobalanidae is a family of barnacles of the order Sessilia.-Taxonomy:*Subfamily Acastinae**Genus Acasta Leach, 1817**Genus Conopea Say, 1822*Subfamily Archaeobalaninae**Genus Chirona Gray, 1835**Genus Solidobalanus...
, containing the following species:
- Acasta alba Barnard
- Acasta armata Gravier
- Acasta conica Hoek
- Acasta crassa Broch, 1931
- Acasta cyathus Darwin, 1854
- Acasta daedalusa Kolbasov, 1993
- Acasta denticulata Hiro
- Acasta echinata Hiro
- Acasta fenestrata Darwin
- Acasta flexuosa Nilsson-Cantell
- Acasta foraminifera Broch
- Acasta hirsuta Broch
- Acasta idiopoma Pilsbry
- Acasta infirma Kolbasov
- Acasta japonica Pilsbry
- Acasta koltuni Kolbasov
- Acasta madagascariensis Ren, 1989
- Acasta nitida Hoek
- Acasta pertusa Kolbasov
- Acasta porata
- Acasta purpurata Darwin
- Acasta rimiformis Kolbasov
- Acasta semota Hiro
- Acasta serrata Hiro
- Acasta sinica Ren
- Acasta spongiteformis Kolbasov, 1993
- Acasta spongites (Poli, 1795)
- Acasta striata Gruvel
- Acasta sulcata Lamarck
- Acasta tzetlini Kolbasov
- Acasta umitosaka Utinomi