Thompsonia (barnacle)
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Short description: Genus of barnacles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Family: | Thompsoniidae |
| Genus: | Thompsonia Kossmann, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Thompsonia globosa Kossmann, 1872
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Thompsonia is a genus of barnacles which has evolved into an endoparasite of other crustaceans, including crabs and snapping shrimp.[1] It spreads through the host's body as a network of threads, and produces many egg capsules which emerge through joints in the host's shell.[2]
Taxonomic history
The first scientific description of the genus was Robby Kossmann's description in 1872 of Thompsonia globosa.[3][4] Kossmann named the genus after John Vaughan Thompson, the Irish naturalist who had recognised the cirripedian affinities of the Rhizocephala.[3] The type specimens had been collected by Georg Semper in the East Indies, on the legs of the crab Lybia tessellata.[3] Eleven species are now recognised:[5]
- Thompsonia affinis Krüger, 1912
- Thompsonia chuni Häfele, 1911
- Thompsonia cubensis Reinhard & Stewart, 1956
- Thompsonia edwardsi Coutière, 1902
- Thompsonia globosa Kossmann, 1872
- Thompsonia haddoni Coutière, 1902
- Thompsonia japonica Häfele, 1911
- Thompsonia littoralis Lützen & Jespersen, 1990
- Thompsonia pilodiae Lützen & Jespersen, 1990
- Thompsonia reinhardi Lützen, 1992
- Thompsonia sinensis Keppen, 1877
References
- ↑ J. T. Høeg; A. J. Bruce (1988). "Thompsonia luetzeni, new species (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala), a solitary parasite from the alpheid shrimp Alpheus parvirostris". Bulletin of Marine Science 42 (2): 246–252. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1988/00000042/00000002/art00005.
- ↑ Donald Thomas Anderson (1994). "Modes of life: phylogeny". Barnacles: Structure, Function, Development and Evolution. Springer. pp. 287–330. ISBN 978-0-412-44420-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=2MDH9IRDkdkC&pg=PA318.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 F. A. Potts (1915). "On the Rhizocephalan genus Thompsonia and its relation to the evolution of the group". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 212: 1–32. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.9202. http://biostor.org/reference/58854.
- ↑ Jens T. Høeg; Jørgen Lützen (1993). "Comparative morphology and phylogeny of the family Thompsoniidae (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Akentrogonida), with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species". Zoologica Scripta 22 (4): 363–386. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1993.tb00365.x.
- ↑ Christopher Boyko (2012). "Thompsonia Häfele, 1911". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293298.
Further reading
- Felix Häfele (1911). "Notizen über phylogenetisch interessanten Rhizocephalen". Zoologischer Anzeiger 38 (7/8): 180–185. https://archive.org/stream/zoologischeranze381911caru#page/180/mode/2up.
- R. Kossmann (1872). "Beiträge zur Anatomie der schmarotzenden Rankenfüssler" (in German). Verhandlungen der Physikalischen Gesellschaft zu Würzburg 3 (4): 296–335, pls. 16–18.
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