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The species was found at all of the nineteen sites examined, which included highly exposed to highly sheltered sites. The distribution and abundance of the Australasian barnacle Austrominius modestus around the Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland, were examined in October 2007. It is a filter feeder. The information (TEXT ONLY) provided by the Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.IMAGES and other media featured on this page are each governed by their own terms and conditions and they may or may not be available for reuse. overview; data; media; articles; maps; names; Shona Treanor cc-by-nc-4.0 Austrominius modestus (New Zealand Barnacle) is a species of barnacles in the family Austrobalanidae.

Austrominius modestus, previously known as Elminius modestus, originates from Australasia, and whilst it was once considered to be a strictly southern genus , it has become commonplace and abundant in many European estuaries and other sheltered marine areas , .In its native habitat, A. modestus is a prominent fouling organism of harbours and estuaries, capable of growing … The invasive barnacle Austrominius (= Elminius) modestus has been present in Europe since the 1940s, and has recently been recorded to outnumber native barnacle species at some locations, including an Irish marine nature reserve. Distribution of barnacles and dominance of the introduced species Elminius modestus along two estuaries in South-West England - Volume 3 - J.G.F. Austrominius modestus (Darwin, 1854) Rank. Though we edit our accounts for accuracy, we cannot guarantee all information in those accounts.
Other common names-Synonyms Corallina officinalis Linnaeus, 1758: Summary. Taxonomic note: The genus name has recently been changed from Elminius to Austrominius, originally proposed only as a It was Introduced into Europe in 1940-1943 on ships’ hulls (Bishop 1947, Stubbings 1950) and dispersed further in Europe by hull fouling and marine currents (Crisp 1958). Distribution Is native to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Elminius Leach, 1825. On the east coast of Scotland, Elminius is known to be common in the Firth of Forth and a few individuals have been recorded from the Tay Estuary (Jones, 1961). Species Parent.

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