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Cetolepas

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae

Taxonomy
Cetolepas was named by Zullo (1969). Its type is Cetolepas hertleini.

It was assigned to Balanidae by Zullo (1969); and to Coronulidae by Chan et al. (2021).

Species
C. hertleini (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cetolepas Zullo p. 17
2021Cetolepas Chan et al. p. 834

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrĂ¼nnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyBalanoideaLeach 1817
familyBalanidaeLeach 1817
genusCetolepas

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cetolepas Zullo 1969
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Cetolepas hertleini Zullo 1969
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V. A. Zullo 1969Coronulines with short, nearly cylindric body chamber; parietes bearing radial buttresses terminating in T-shaped flanges forming outer wall; buttresses reduced or absent in older individuals; sheath decidedly, but not strongly, grooved transversely, shorter than inner wall; inner surface of radial plate strongly grooved ; sutura l edges of radii narrow, linear ; short horizontal sutural septa extend inwardly and outwardly from central vertical septum of sutura l edge; no specialized alar plate or open space between radii and sheath; sutural edge of ala blunt , coarsely denticulate .