Austrominius placidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraclitoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Thoracica Ordo: Sessilia Subordo: Balanomorpha Superfamilia: Tetraclitoidea

Familia: Austrobalanidae
Subfamilia: Elminiinae
Genus: Austrominius
Species: Austrominius placidus

Name

• 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

References

• 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, original description as Elminius placidus]

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• 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.  [See p. 45 and Table 2, as Austrominius of uncertain affinities]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Austrominius placidus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Austrominius placidus.
• ION
• Austrominius placidus in the World Register of Marine Species