Ashinkailepas, Yamaguchi, Newman & Hashimoto, 2004

Gale, Andy S., Little, Crispin T. S., Johnson, Joel E. & Giosan, Liviu, 2020, A new neolepadid cirripede from a Pleistocene cold seep, Krishna-Godavari Basin, offshore India, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (2), pp. 351-362 : 354

Genus Ashinkailepas Yamaguchi, Newman, and Hashimoto, 2004

Type species: Ashinkailepas seepiophila Yamaguchi, Newman, and Hashimoto, 2004; Recent , off Japan .

Species included: Ashinkailepas kermadecensis Buckeridge, 2009 , Ashinkailepas indica Gale sp. nov.

Emended diagnosis. — Neolepadidae which possess short peduncles (height less than or equal to that of capitulum); peduncle armoured with 6 whorls of large, robust, triangular plates which terminate apically in a point; capitular plates bear sculpture of apicobasally radiating ribs, which intersect with well-marked growth increments.

Remarks. —Detailed morphological comparison of the fossil material with the two described living species of Ashinkailepas is difficult, because the figured material of complete individuals is alcohol-wet, and details of plate sculpture are quite clear. However, such differences as are visible are outlined below.