Acasta Leach, 1817 
AphiaID: 106116

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Thecostraca > Cirripedia > Thoracica > Sessilia > Balanomorpha > Balanoidea > Archaeobalanidae > Acastinae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Acastinae Kolbasov, 1993
Sources		basis of record: Southward, A.J. (2001). Cirripedia - non-parasitic Thoracica, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 280-283 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source: Buckeridge, J. (2009). Cirripedia (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Acasta spongites (Poli, 1795)
Environment		marine
Feedingtype		suspension feeder [details]
Link		To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106116
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Southward, Alan 2006-09-04 10:51:58Z   changed   Martinez, Olga 2010-10-22 06:14:53Z   checked   Chan, Benny K.K.
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		Citation: Chan, Benny K.K. (2013). Acasta Leach, 1817. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106116 on 2013-05-20
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