Elminius
Encyclopedia
Elminius is a genus of barnacle
s in the family
Archaeobalanidae
, containing the following species:
Barnacle
A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile suspension feeders, and have...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Archaeobalanidae
Archaeobalanidae
Archaeobalanidae is a family of barnacles of the order Sessilia.-Taxonomy:*Subfamily Acastinae**Genus Acasta Leach, 1817**Genus Conopea Say, 1822*Subfamily Archaeobalaninae**Genus Chirona Gray, 1835**Genus Solidobalanus...
, containing the following species:
- Elminius kingii King, 1831
- Elminius modestusElminius modestusElminius modestus is a species of barnacle in the family Balanidae, native to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, but now spread to Britain and the north west coasts of Europe. It reaches a maximum size of about in diameter.-Description:...
DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
, 1854