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Elminiidae

Elminiidae is a family of symmetrical, sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. The family includes approximately 5 genera and 12 described species.

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Elminiidae
Hexaminius foliorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Superfamily: Elminioidea
Chan et al., 20212
Family: Elminiidae
Foster, 19821
Synonyms3
  • Elminiinae Foster, 1982

Elminiidae is a family of symmetrical, sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. The family includes approximately 5 genera and 12 described species.34

Genera

These genera belong to the family Elminiidae:

  • Austrominius Buckeridge, 19835
  • Elminius Leach, 1825
  • Hexaminius Foster, 19821
  • Protelminius Buckeridge & Newman, 2010
  • Matellonius Buckeridge, 19835
References

References

  1. Foster, Brian A. (1982). "Two new intertidal balanoid barnacles from eastern Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 106: 21–32. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. "Elminioidea Chan, Dreyer, Gale, Glenner, Ewers-Saucedo, Pérez-Losada, Kolbasov, Crandall & Høeg, 2021". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. "Elminiidae Foster, 1982". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. Chan, Benny K. K.; Dreyer, Niklas; Gale, Andy S.; Glenner, Henrik; et al. (2021). "The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 789–846. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa160. hdl:11250/2990967.
  5. Buckeridge, J. S. (1983). "The barnacle subfamily Elminiinae —Two new subgenera and a new Miocene species from Victoria". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 12 (4): 353–357. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415341. Retrieved 28 March 2024.