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SINCE the discovery of the Australasian barnacle Elminius modestus Darwin in the south of England in 19451 (with further evidence of a previous settlement in 19432), its rate of spread has been well documented3. It is therefore of interest to record the discovery of a single living specimen at Farland Point, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland, on March 7, 1955. The nearest record to the present one, 55 miles south at Stranraer, Wigtownshire, was in 19504.
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CONNELL, J. Elminius modestus Darwin, a Northward Extension of Range. Nature 175, 954 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175954a0
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