Dear all, can anyone help me?? I'm doing research on the identification of species from crustaceans Octolasmis in lobsters, pearls, sea crab island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. I am finding it difficult to make-identification, due to the type octolasmis I found the resemblance is no different. Because I am still new to this, can anyone help me to identify it? I will send you a sample if you are willing to help me, or might be willing to come to visit our place. thank you
actually my master thesis is Epibiosis of Pedunculate Batrnacle, Octolasmis spp. in Wild Mud Crab Genus Scylla, collected from Terengganu Coastal waters, Terengganu Malaysia. i think i can help you to identify this group of barnacles. you can just email me at [email protected] or you can also see my academia.edu webpage http://terengganu.academia.edu/IhwanMZ. maybe we can collaborate for the research. my Phd study will focused on the disease of aquatic crustacean species. kindly hope that i can help u to identify it.
Have you had a look through this website yet? http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/zoology/zoo_sites/barnacle/index.html
I've attached a publication which may help you navigate the literature. Feel free to send to me any images you may have (along with host details) and I'll see if I can help.
Good luck!
Article A subject-indexed bibliography of the symbiotic barnacles of...
William Jeffries and Harold Voris published a key and several papers on this genus. Andrew Hosie's weblink has the relevenat papers.
For taxonomic effects, the original description offered by Darwin is still useful. The illustrations are very good and the description is complete. The reference is in the index previously sent to you. You can find it and download it free at Biodiversity Heritage Library
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