Family LITHOGLYPTIDAE Aurivillius, 1892
- Balanodytidae Utinomi, H. 1950. General account of Acrothoracica. [in Japanese]. pp. 428-461 in Nakamura, K. Some problems of modern biology. Tokyo. [Date published 1 April 1950] [458] [subjective synonym].
- Chytraeidae Utinomi, H. 1950. General account of Acrothoracica. [in Japanese]. pp. 428-461 in Nakamura, K. Some problems of modern biology. Tokyo. [Date published 1 April 1950] [457] [nomen nudum; based on Chytraea, Utinomi, 1950 a genus erected with two species but no type species].
- Utinomiidae Tomlinson, J.T. 1963. Two new acrothoracican cirripeds from Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11: 263-280 [264] [subjective synonym].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Utinomi, H. 1950. On another form of Acrothoracica, newly found from Formosa. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 19: 95-100 [Date published 25 July 1950] [99] (Balanodytidae was rediagnosed in English in this paper at a later date in the same year as first published)
- Tomlinson, J.T. 1969. The burrowing barnacles (Cirripedia: Order Acrothoracica). United States National Museum Bulletin 296: 1-161 [31] (Zapfellidae Codez & Saint-Seine, 1957 and Rogerellidae Codez & Saint-Seine, 1957, two fossil families, were also listed as junior synonyms)
Introduction
Kolbasov & Newmann (2005) reviewed the familiy and divided it into three subfamilies.Their subfamily arrangement is followed here with a necessary nomenclatural correction.
Diagnosis
Alimentary canal without gut teeth (gizzard); mouth cirrus well developed; labrum of same relative size as rest of well developed mouthparts; burrow aperture a tapered slit; caudal appendage present or absent.
Diagnosis References
Tomlinson, J.T. 1969. The burrowing barnacles (Cirripedia: Order Acrothoracica). United States National Museum Bulletin 296: 1-161
General References
Kolbasov, G.A. & Newman, W.A. 2005. Revision of the Lithoglyptidae sensu Tomlinson, 1969 and Lithoglyptes Aurivillius, 1892 (Cirripedia, Acrothoracica), including a new species from Bermuda. Zootaxa 1013: 35-64
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Apr-2012 | 19-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |