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Elminius modestus Darwin was first recorded from Holland in 1946 1 and has since spread over most of the coastline of the Low Countries2. Little information is available, however, on the presence of this immigrant barnacle in France, and the following observations may therefore be of interest.
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BISHOP, M. Elminius modestus in France. Nature 173, 1145 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1731145a0
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