Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Thecostraca > Subclass Cirripedia > Infraclass Rhizocephala > Family Polysaccidae > Genus Polysaccus

Polysaccus mediterraneus (Caroli, 1929)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polysaccus*	Høeg & Lützen, 1993	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Thompsonia mediterranea*	Caroli, 1929	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Cirripedia - parasitic Rhizocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 283-284
new combination reference	Høeg, J. T., and J. Lützen. (1993). Comparative morphology and phylogeny of the family Thompsoniidae (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Akentrogonida), with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species. Zoologica Scripta. 22:363-386.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Polysaccus mediterraneus (Caroli, 1929). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134783