Genus Berndtia Utinomi, 1950

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• Berndtia 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] [444, 457].

  Type species:

   Berndtia purpurea Utinomi, 1950 by monotypy.
• Berndtia Utinomi, H. 1950. A new remarkable coral-boring acrothoracican cirriped. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 19: 87-93 [Date published 25 July 1950] [93] [homonym and objective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Utinomi, H. 1950. A new remarkable coral-boring acrothoracican cirriped. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University B 19: 87-93 [Date published 25 July 1950] [93] (Berndtia purpurea n.g., n.sp. is redescribed in English and well illustrated in this paper at a later date in the same year as first published)
• Poore, G.C.B. 2012. taxonomic decision, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (history and availability of the name Berndtia and dates of Utinomi's papers confirmed)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Hiro, F. 1937. Occurence of an acrothoracican barnacle in Japan. Zoological Magazine, Tokyo 47(3-4): 135-137 (the occurence is noted but no Latin name is given [in Japanese])

Krüger, A. 1940. Teil IV: Ascothoracica Seite IV.1 bis IV.46 - Textabbildungen 1-45. Teil III: Cirripedia Seite III.1 bis III.112 - Textabbildungen 1-114. In, Gerstaecker, A. & Ortmann, A.E. Dr. H.G. Bronns Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. Liepzig : Akadamische Verlagsgeselleschaft m.b.H. Fünfter Band, 1. Abteilung, 3. Buch 560 pp. [454] (refers to Berndtia Hiro, 1937, but this name is not in Hiro's work - it appeared formally in 1950 erected by Utinomi)

History of changes