Austrominius placidus

Taxonavigation

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

Austrominius placidus (Bayliss, 1994: 119)

Original genus: Elminius
Symbiont: Commensal symbiont on Avicennia marina
Type locality: Cowell, South Australia; 33° 68' S, 136° 94' E
Types: Holotype SAM C4244; paratypes SAM C4245, WAM 728-92
Distribution: Intertidal in sheltered habitats, settling on mangroves, rocks or cement; South Australia, Spencer Gulf, Kangaroo Island, York and Eyre Peninsulas
ZooBank: 6FA68724-6AE2-442F-8C81-01523AB5DFE1

Bayliss, D.E. 1994: Description of three new barnacles of the genus Elminius (Cirripedia: Thoracica) from South Australia, with a key to species of the Elminiinae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 118(2): 115–124. BHL Reference page. [See p. 119, as Elminius placidus]

Buckeridge, J.S. & Newman, W.A. 2010: A review of the subfamily Eliminiinae (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Austrobalanidae), including a new genus, Protelminius nov., from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Zootaxa 2349: 39–54. Preview Reference page.

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