Biodiversity and biogeography of the coral boring barnacles of the genus Berndtia (Cirripedia: Acrothoracica) in the West Pacific, with description of three new speciesстатья
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Аннотация:Acrothoracican barnacles of the genus Berndtia are exclusive coral borers and the type
species is Berndtia purpurea Utinomi, 1950a, reported in the corals Lepastrea purpurea
and Psammocora profundacella inWakayama, Japan. We confirmed the type is only
from the coral Lepastrea purpurea and is distributed from Japan, Taiwan to Hong
Kong. In contrast, B. purpurea from Psammocora belongs to a new species Berndtia
haradai sp. nov., which is distributed from Japan to Okinawa. The other new species
identified in the present study, Berndtia denticulata sp. nov. is common in Okinawa
but also collected on the Pacific side of the Philippines. Berndtia utinomii sp. nov. is
found on NE coast of Taiwan, Kochi and Wakayama in Japan and Vietnam but is
absent from Okinawa. All described species are diagnostic in the coloration and
morphology of the opercular bars in live specimens, morphology of posterior lobes
of operculum and the number of notches in maxillules.