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Acasta  Leach, 1817
Taxonomic Serial No.: 89653

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMaxillopoda Dahl, 1956  
                      SubclassThecostraca Gruvel, 1905  
                         InfraclassCirripedia Burmeister, 1834 – barnacles, bernacles  
                            SuperorderThoracica Darwin, 1854 – barnacles  
                               OrderSessilia Lamarck, 1818 – sessile barnacles  
                                  SuborderBalanomorpha Pilsbry, 1916 – acorn barnacles  
                                     SuperfamilyBalanoidea Leach, 1817  
                                        FamilyArchaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976  
                                           GenusAcasta Leach, 1817  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesAcasta cyathus Darwin, 1854 – sponge barnacle 
                                              SpeciesAcasta spongites (Poli, 1791)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pilsbry, Henry A.   
  Publication Date: 1916   
  Article/Chapter Title: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the U. S. National Museum; including a monograph of the American species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 93   
  Page(s): 366   
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