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Pyrgoima Prefloridanum, a New Species of Cirriped From the Caloosahatchee Marl (Pleistocene) of Florida

Pyrgoima Prefloridanum, a New Species of Cirriped From the Caloosahatchee Marl (Pleistocene) of... PYRGOIMA PREFLORIDANUM, A NEW SPECIES OF CIRRIPED FROM THE CALOOSAHATCHEE MARL (PLEISTOCENE) OF FLORIDA BY H. K. BROOKS AND ARNOLD ROSS University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. INTRODUCTION A corallum of Manicina naayori (Wells ) with 51 individuals of the epizoic barnacle, Pyrgoma, embedded in it was discovered in a collection of fossils from the renowned fossil locality of the Caloosahatchee River in Florida. The species of this barnacle are obligate exploitors of live corals for substratum and shelter. The discovery of this interesting specimen, of Pleistocene age, with so many well preserved individuals of this little known barnacle resulted in an investigation of it, and the cognate recent forms. These cirripeds are thought to be largely Indo- Pacific in occurrence, although an examination of the coral collection in the Department of Geology, obtained through studies of the Florida Reef, near Key Largo, disclosed many infected coralla. Laboring under the inadequacy of present knowledge of the extant epizoic barnacles, a new species of fossil barnacle from the Caloosahatchee marl is here described and named. The abundant and well preserved molluscan fauna of the Caloosahatchee marl has been intensively studied. Heilprin (1887) and Dall ( 1887, 1892 ) made the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Pyrgoima Prefloridanum, a New Species of Cirriped From the Caloosahatchee Marl (Pleistocene) of Florida

Brooks, H.K.; Ross, Arnold
Crustaceana , Volume 1 (4): 353 – Jan 1, 1960
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© 1960 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0011-216x
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10.1163/156854060X00357
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PYRGOIMA PREFLORIDANUM, A NEW SPECIES OF CIRRIPED FROM THE CALOOSAHATCHEE MARL (PLEISTOCENE) OF FLORIDA BY H. K. BROOKS AND ARNOLD ROSS University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. INTRODUCTION A corallum of Manicina naayori (Wells ) with 51 individuals of the epizoic barnacle, Pyrgoma, embedded in it was discovered in a collection of fossils from the renowned fossil locality of the Caloosahatchee River in Florida. The species of this barnacle are obligate exploitors of live corals for substratum and shelter. The discovery of this interesting specimen, of Pleistocene age, with so many well preserved individuals of this little known barnacle resulted in an investigation of it, and the cognate recent forms. These cirripeds are thought to be largely Indo- Pacific in occurrence, although an examination of the coral collection in the Department of Geology, obtained through studies of the Florida Reef, near Key Largo, disclosed many infected coralla. Laboring under the inadequacy of present knowledge of the extant epizoic barnacles, a new species of fossil barnacle from the Caloosahatchee marl is here described and named. The abundant and well preserved molluscan fauna of the Caloosahatchee marl has been intensively studied. Heilprin (1887) and Dall ( 1887, 1892 ) made the

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Published: Jan 1, 1960

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