Megalasma Hoek, 1883

Pitriana, Pipit, Jones, Diana S., Corbari, Laure & Rintelen, Kristina von, 2020, New insights gained from museum collections: Deep-sea barnacles (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, collected during the Karubar expedition in 1991, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 649-698 : 649

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Genus Megalasma Hoek, 1883

Megalasma Hoek, 1883: 50. - Pilsbry 1907a: 87.

Diagnosis.

Capitulum with five strong, calcified plates; scutal umbones subcentral; apex of carina sometimes slightly overlapping basal end of terga, progressively becoming broader towards base; peduncle very short.

Type species.

Megalasma striatum Hoek, 1883: 51, pl. II, figs 5-9, pl. VII, figs 8, 9.