Australian Museum Journal Balanoid barnacles of the genus Hexaminius (Archaeobalanidae: Elminiinae) from mangroves of New South Wales, including a description of a new species
- Shortform:
- Anderson et al., 1988, Rec. Aust. Mus. 40(4): 205–223
- Author(s):
- Anderson, D. T.; Anderson, J. T.; Egan, E. A.
- Year published:
- 1988
- Title:
- Balanoid barnacles of the genus Hexaminius (Archaeobalanidae: Elminiinae) from mangroves of New South Wales, including a description of a new species
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 4
- Start page:
- 205
- End page:
- 223
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.155
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 16 December 1988
- Cover date:
- 16 December 1988
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: CIRRIPEDIA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 22 January 2009
- Available online:
- 27 February 2009
- Reference number:
- 155
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (129kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (2169kb PDF)
Abstract
Hexaminius foliorum n.sp. is described and separated from H. popeiana Foster on differences in adult and larval anatomy, supported by differences in cirral activity, copulatory activity and breeding. Structure, function and reproduction in H. foliorum are more specialised than in H. popeiana. The differences are related adaptively to the occupancy by H. popeiana of a variety of hard substrata, but not mangrove leaves, and the confinement of H. foliorum to the ephemeral habitat of immersible mangrove leaves. Hexaminius foliorum may be a specialised descendant of H. popeiana.