Elminius

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Tetraclitoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: 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]

Elminius Leach, 1825: 210
- Gender: [masculine]
- Original status: valid genus
- Type species: Elminius kingii Gray, 1831, by subsequent designation, Pilsbry, 1916: 260
- ZooBank: A00C1DEB-AE52-43B5-B2C1-BEAB5FE9D4F6

Leach, W.E. 1825. A tabular view of the genera composing the class cirripedes, with descriptions of the species of Otion, Cineras, and Clyptra. The Zoological Journal 2(6): 208–215, Article XXIII. (Latin) BHL Reference page. [See p. 210, original description, without named species]

Darwin, C. 1854. A monograph on the sub-class Cirripedia with figures of all species. Vol. 2: The Balanidae, The Verrucidae. BHL London: Ray Society. Reference page. [See p. 345]
Newman, W.A.; Ross, E. 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, selection of type species]