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Elminius kingii


Family: Austrobalanidae
Order: Sessilia
Class: Maxillopoda
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Elminius kingii is a species of symmetrical sessile barnacle in the family Elminiidae.

 Elminius 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 nauplii and leave the mantel cavity. Then they undergo six naupliar instars succeed by non feeding cypris larva. Then thenaupy will metamorphism into adults.

Source: Wikipedia, article Elminius kingii. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
141002924/10/2018ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaiaNicolas Olejnik
85755223/10/2018ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaiaNicolas Olejnik
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Elminius kingii – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.