Elminiidae
| Elminiidae | |
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| Hexaminius foliorum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Subclass: | Cirripedia |
| Order: | Balanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Elminioidea Chan et al., 2021[1] |
| Family: | Elminiidae Foster, 1982[2] |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Elminiidae is a family of symmetrical, sessile barnacles in the order Balanomorpha. The family includes approximately 5 genera and 12 described species.[3][4]
Genera
[edit]These genera belong to the family Elminiidae:
- Austrominius Buckeridge, 1983[5]
- Elminius Leach, 1825
- Hexaminius Foster, 1982[2]
- Protelminius Buckeridge & Newman, 2010
- † Matellonius Buckeridge, 1983[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Elminioidea Chan, Dreyer, Gale, Glenner, Ewers-Saucedo, Pérez-Losada, Kolbasov, Crandall & Høeg, 2021". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 "Elminiidae Foster, 1982". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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.
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