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.[1]
Species
As of 2017[update],
WoRMS recognizes the following fifteen species.[2]
^Boschma, H. (1960). "A Rhizocephalan Parasite of the Crab Charybdis hoplites (Wood-Mason)". Crustaceana. 1 (1): 58–67.
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^Boschma, H. (1962). "A rhizocephalan parasite of a spider crab from the Andaman Sea". Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C. 65: 294–301 (fideWoRMS). Not seen. {{
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^Boschma, H. (1957). "Heterosaccus indicus, sp. nov., a rhizocephalan parasite of the crab Portunus pelagicus (L.)". The Annals of Biology. 2: 1–20 (fideWoRMS). Not seen. {{
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abShiino, S. M. (1943). "Rhizocephala of Japan". Journal of the Sigenkagaku Kenkyusyo. 1: 1–36 (fideWoRMS). Not seen. {{
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Øksnebjerg, Bo (2000). "The Rhizocephala (Crustacea: Cirripedia) of the Mediterranean and Black Seas: Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Ecology". Israel Journal of Zoology. 46: 72–74.
doi:
10.1560/RCLC-NM2U-HV5L-6Q52.