WoRMS taxon details
Peltogaster Rathke, 1842
134777 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134777)
accepted
Genus
Peltogaster paguri Rathke, 1842 (type by monotypy)
- Species Peltogaster aelaniticus Boschma, 1969
- Species Peltogaster boschmai Reinhard, 1944
- Species Peltogaster contorta Boschma, 1958
- Species Peltogaster curvata Kossmann, 1874
- Species Peltogaster depressa Reinhard, 1944
- Species Peltogaster lata Van Baal, 1937
- Species Peltogaster lineata Shiino, 1943
- Species Peltogaster naushonensis Reinhard, 1946
- Species Peltogaster ovalis Krüger, 1912
- Species Peltogaster paguri Rathke, 1842
- Species Peltogaster postica Yoshida & Osawa in Yoshida, Osawa, Hirose & Hirose, 2011
- Species Peltogaster purpurea (Müller, 1862)
- Species Peltogaster reticulata Shiino, 1943
- Species Peltogaster rugosa Boschma, 1931
- Species Peltogaster senegalensis Guérin-Ganivet, 1911
- Species Peltogaster unigibba Yoshida & Naruse, 2016
- Subgenus Peltogaster (Chlorogaster) Duboscq, 1912 accepted as Peltogasterella Krüger, 1912 (preoccupied name)
- Species Peltogaster (Chlorogaster) delagei Duboscq, 1912 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
- Species Peltogaster (Chlorogaster) pruvoti Duboscq, 1912 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
- Species Peltogaster (Chlorogaster) sulcatus (Lilljeborg, 1859) accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
- Species Peltogaster aelanitica Boschma, 1969 accepted as Peltogaster aelaniticus Boschma, 1969 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, specific name is a noun in apposition not an adjective)
- Species Peltogaster albidus Hesse, 1868 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
- Species Peltogaster boschmae Reinhard, 1944 accepted as Peltogaster boschmai Reinhard, 1944 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, species name ending incorrectly feminine)
- Species Peltogaster carcini Rathke, 1843 accepted as Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836
- Species Peltogaster contortus Boschma, 1958 accepted as Peltogaster contorta Boschma, 1958 (Species name (adjective) spelling emended to agree with feminine gender of genus)
- Species Peltogaster curvatus Kossmann, 1874 accepted as Peltogaster curvata Kossmann, 1874 (Species name (adjective) spelling emended to agree with feminine gender of genus)
- Species Peltogaster depressus Reinhard, 1944 accepted as Peltogaster depressa Reinhard, 1944 (Species name (adjective) spelling emended to agree with feminine gender of genus)
- Species Peltogaster diogeni Popov, 1929 accepted as Septosaccus cuenoti Duboscq, 1912
- Species Peltogaster gracilis Boschma, 1927 accepted as Peltogasterella gracilis (Boschma, 1927)
- Species Peltogaster gracilis Kröyer, 1855 accepted as Peltogaster gracilis Boschma, 1927 accepted as Peltogasterella gracilis (Boschma, 1927) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Peltogaster latus Van Baal, 1937 accepted as Peltogaster lata Van Baal, 1937
- Species Peltogaster lineatus Shiino, 1943 accepted as Peltogaster lineata Shiino, 1943 (Species name (adjective) spelling emended to agree with feminine gender of genus)
- Species Peltogaster longissima Kossmann, 1874 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
- Species Peltogaster longissimus Kossmann, 1874 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859) (Species name (adjective) spelling emended to agree with feminine gender of genus)
- Species Peltogaster microstoma Lilljeborg, 1859 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
- Species Peltogaster philippensis Kossmann, 1872 accepted as Pterogaster philippensis (Kossmann, 1872)
- Species Peltogaster reticulatus Shiino, 1943 accepted as Peltogaster reticulata Shiino, 1943 (Species name (adjective) spelling emended to agree with feminine gender of genus)
- Species Peltogaster rodriguezii Fraisse, 1878 accepted as Septosaccus rodriguezii (Fraisse, 1878)
- Species Peltogaster rugosus Boschma, 1931 accepted as Peltogaster rugosa Boschma, 1931 (Species name (adjective) spelling emended to agree with feminine gender of genus)
- Species Peltogaster socialis Müller, 1863 accepted as Peltogasterella socialis (Müller, 1863)
- Species Peltogaster sulcatus Lilljeborg, 1859 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
- Species Peltogaster tau Hesse, 1864 accepted as Peltogasterella sulcata (Lilljeborg, 1859)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rathke, H. (1842). Beiträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie und Physiologie, Reisebemerkungen aus Skandinavien, nebst einem Anhange über die rückschreitende Metamorphose der Thiere. <em>Nueste Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzing.</em> 3: i-v + 1-162, pls. 1-6., available online at https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vjc9fscx [details] 
Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Peltogaster Rathke, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134777 on 2025-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Rathke, H. (1842). Beiträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie und Physiologie, Reisebemerkungen aus Skandinavien, nebst einem Anhange über die rückschreitende Metamorphose der Thiere. <em>Nueste Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzing.</em> 3: i-v + 1-162, pls. 1-6., available online at https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vjc9fscx [details] 
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Cirripedia - parasitic Rhizocephala, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 283-284 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Cirripedia - parasitic Rhizocephala, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 283-284 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Chan, B. K. K.; Dreyer, N.; Gale, A. S.; Glenner, H.; Ewers-Saucedo, C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Kolbasov, G. A.; Crandall, K. A.; Høeg, J. T. (2021). The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160 [details] 
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