Heterosaccus


Heterosaccus is a genus of barnacles in infraclass Rhizocephala. Like other taxa in this group, they parasitize crabs. Geoffroy Smith circumscribed the genus in 1906; he initially only included H. hians. Smith circumscribed a genus distinct from Sacculina due to a difference of the mesentery; in Heterosaccus, the mesentery does not stretch down to the mantle opening but rather only is present on the ring of attachment.

Species

, WoRMS recognizes the following fifteen species.
Binominal name
Author citationType hostType localityRef
Heterosaccus californicusBoschma, 1933"Pugettia producta""Santa Cruz, California"
Heterosaccus distortusBoschma, 1933"Schizophrys aspera""vicinity of Jolo," Philippines
Heterosaccus dollfusiBoschma, 1960"Charybdis hoplites""Gulf of Suez"
Heterosaccus gongylusBoschma, 1962Pleistacantha moseleyiAndaman Sea apud
Heterosaccus hians
"Thalamita sp. aff. callianassae""Java"
Heterosaccus indicusBoschma, 1957"Portunus pelagicus"Mandapam Camp, Tamil Nadu apud
Heterosaccus lunatusPhillips, 1978"Charybdis callianassa""Moreton Bay," Queensland
Heterosaccus multilacinensisPhillips, 1978"Charybdis truncata""East Moreton Bay," Queensland
Heterosaccus occidentalis
"Mithrax forceps"
"Deadman's Bay, west coast of Florida"
Heterosaccus papillosus
"Charybdis bimaculatus"
"vicinity of Marindugue Island,
Philippine Islands"
Heterosaccus pellucidusShiino, 1943"Thalamita integra integra"Japan apud
Heterosaccus ruginosusBoschma, 1931"Thalamita prymna""Singapore, coral reef"
Heterosaccus setoensisShiino, 1943"Thalamita wakensis"
Seto Inland Sea apud
Heterosaccus sibogaeBoschma, 1931"Thalamita admeta"
"Siau Reef", Indonesia
Heterosaccus tesselatus
"Mithrax ruber"
"Caracas Bay, Curaçao"