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Elminius kingii

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Elminius kingii
Elminius kingii, Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Balanomorpha
Family: Elminiidae
Genus: Elminius
Species:
E. kingii
Binomial name
Elminius kingii
Gray, 1831

Elminius kingii is a species of symmetrical sessile barnacle in the family Elminiidae.[1][2]

Description

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E. kingii lives in the southeast Pacific Ocean and southwest Atlantic Ocean near Chile and Argentina. They lie in the depth range of 0–10 meters often found on rocks, shell and wood intertidal areas. Length, size and weight has not been recorded. Eggs hatch into planktonic naupii and leave the mantel cavity. Then they undergo six nauplair instars succeed by non feeding cypris larva. Then they will metamorphism into adults.

References

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  1. ^ "Elminius kingii". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. ^ "World Register of Marine Species, species Elminius kingii". Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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