Taxonavigation

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Elminiinae
Genus: Elminius
Species: Elminius kingii

Name

Elminius kingii Gray, 1831: 13

• Type locality:
• Types: BMNH
• Distribution: Chile below 30° S, Cape Horn to Punta Arenas, Argentina, Falkland Islands; littoral, tolerant of brackish water
• ZooBank: 7FA5D27F-F61D-4C3F-AADE-54681101855D

Synonyms

• Elminius leachii King, 1832: 334
• Synonymized by author in footnote
• ZooBank: FA6FA6E3-9C79-4FBC-967E-4A9B7B9DFFDD

References

• 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. 438]

• Gray, J.E. 1831. Description of a new genus of Cirripedes, allied to Balanus, in the British Museum, p. 13: In The Zoological Miscellany, Treuttel, Wurtz & Co., London, 86 p. BHL Reference page.  [See p. 13, original description]

• King, P.P. 1832 (July). Description of Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego [“assisted by W. J. Broderip”]. Zoological Journal 5(19): 332–349 (Article XLVII). BHL Reference page.  [See p. 334, for Elminius leachii]

• 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]

• Nilsson-cantell, C.A. 1921: Cirripeden-studien zur kenhtnis der biologie, anatomie und systematik dieser gruppe. Zoologiska bidrag fran Uppsala, 7: 75–395. [in German] BHL Reference page.  [See p. 348]