Euraphiinae

The subfamily Euraphiinae was erected by Newman & Ross[1]36 to formalize the "Group of Chthamalus hembeli of Nilsson-Cantell.[2]:275 As originally used in Newman & Ross, it comprised the genera Euraphia and Octomeris. In 1996, Poltarukha[3] revised the subfamily Notochthamalinaea, and removed Octomeris to that position. In 1997[4] and 2000,[5] he revised the Euraphiinae. There have been no further revisions.

Euraphiinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Maxillopoda
Infraclass:
Cirripedia
Order:
Sessilia
Suborder:
Balanomorpha
Superfamily:
Chthamaloidea
Family:
Chthamalidae
Subfamily:
Euraphiinae

Newman & Ross, 1976[1]40
Genera

see text

Definition and Discussion

Euraphine barnacles have a shell wall of 6 plates, with membraneous basis, rarely calcareous. Plate sutures are often coarsely serrated. In contrast to most other chthamalids, the scutum is higher than wide. The mandible is tridentate, and caudal appendages are usually lacking.

Included genera (4)
  • Euraphia Conrad, 1837, type genus
  • Microeuraphia Poltarukha, 1997
  • Pseudoeuraphia Poltarukha, 2000a
  • Caudoeuraphia Poltarukha, 1997

Identification Key to Genera of Euraphiinae
  • 1. Caudal appendages present ............................................................................................................................................ 2
  • a. Caudal appendages absent ............................................................................................................................................. 3
  • 2. Caudal appendages of many segments ........................................................................................................ Caudoeuraphia
  • a. Caudal appendages of single segment ....................................................................................................... Pseudoeuraphia
  • 3. Shell large, >20 mm carinorostral diameter, shell wall thick; basis calcareous, scutum and tergum same side partially fused in older specimens; upper edges of 2nd and 3rd teeth of mandible serrated .................................................................... Euraphia
  • a. Shell small, <20 mm carinorostral diameter, shell wall thin; basis membraneous; scutum and tergum remain articulated; mandible teeth smooth ................................................................................................................................... Microeuraphia

Habitat and Geographic Distribution

The subfamily is found circumtropically in the littoral and upper littoral zones.[6]:88

References
  1. Newman, W. A.; A. Ross (1976). "Revision of the Balanomorph Barnacles including a catalog of the species". Memoirs of San Diego Society of Natural History. 9: 1–108.
  2. Nilsson-Cantell, C. A. (1921). "Cirripeden-studien zur kenhtnis der biologie, anatomie und systematik dieser gruppe". Zool. Bidrag. 7: 75–395.
  3. Poltarukha, O. P. (1996). "Composition, phylogeny and position in system of subfamily Notochthamalinae (Crustacea, Chthamalidae)". Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 75 (7): 985–994.
  4. Poltarukha, O. P. (1997). "Composition, phylogeny and position in system of barnacle family Euraphiinae (Crustacea, Chthamalidae)". Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 76 (10): 1109–1117.
  5. Poltarukha, O. P. (2000a). "Additions to nomenclature system of Euraphiinae (Cirripedia, Chthamalidae)". Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 79 (2): 238–241.
  6. Poltarukha, O. P. (2006). Identification Atlas of Superfamily Chthamaloidea (Cirripedia Thoracica) barnacles in World Ocean. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press, Ltd. pp. 1–198 [In Russian]. ISBN 5-87317-278-1.

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