Elminius

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Tetraclitoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Classis: Maxillopoda Subclassis: Thecostraca Infraclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Infraordo: Neobalanoformes Superfamilia: Tetraclitoidea

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Elminiinae
Genus: Elminius
Species (2): E. cristallinus – E. kingii
[Source: WoRMS]

Gender: [masculine]
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Elminius kingii Gray, 1831, by subsequent designation, Pilsbry, 1916: 260
ZooBank: A00C1DEB-AE52-43B5-B2C1-BEAB5FE9D4F6

Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. London: Ray Society. Reference page. [See p. 345]
Leach, W.E. 1825. A tabular view of the genera composing the class cirripedes, with descriptions of the species of Otion, Cineras, and Clyptra. Zoological Journal, 2(6): 208–215, Article XXIII. [In Latin] BHL reference page [See p. 210]
Newman, W.A.; Ross, A. 1976: Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History, (9) BHL reference page [See p. 52]
Pilsbry, H.A. 1916: The sessile barnacles (Cirripedia) contained in the collections of the US National Museum; including a monograph of the American species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (93) doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.1144 reference page [See p. 260]