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Elminius
Sign in to saveElminius is a genus of barnacles in the family Elminiidae, containing these species: Elminius kingii Gray, 1831 Elminius cristallinus Gruvel, 1907
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMaxillopoda
- OrderSessilia
- FamilyBalanidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Balanidae
- Collections
- AMNH, NHMUK, CAS, SIO
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Israel, Australia, Nederland
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Elminius is a genus of barnacles in the family Elminiidae, containing these species: Elminius kingii Gray, 1831 Elminius cristallinus Gruvel, 1907
Several species previously placed in the genus Elminius have been transferred to Austrominius, Epopella, Matellonius, and Protelminius.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elminius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.