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THE recent establishment of the Australian cirripede Elminius modestus Darwin as a member of the British littoral fauna1 has aroused great interest and speculation. Formerly one of the most geographically confined of all barnacles, it was first discovered in British waters in 1944, since when it has spread rapidly over a wide area of our southern shores2–4, and is also established on the Channel coasts of Holland5 and France6. Further studies on ship fouling have revealed new and interesting localities for two other species of barnacle, Balanus eburneus Gould and B. improvisus Darwin.
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BISHOP, M. Distribution of Barnacles by Ships. Nature 167, 531 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167531a0
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