taxonID	type	description	language	source
FC5B87B2FFB4FFD2FF007CD7A141F8B4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. NIWA 34687 – 34714, 69 specimens, 4 ovigerous, Taharoa Ironsands Terminal, New Zealand, 38 ° 10.53 ' S 174 ° 41.35 ’ E, 0 – 7 m, coll. C. Middelton et al., 23 – 24 May 2006. Australian Museum P 21732, North West Cape, Western Austtralia, near Garden Island, coll. L Marsh.	en	Hosie, Andrew, Ahyong, Shane T. (2008): First records of the giant barnacles, Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) and A. psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Balanidae. Zootaxa 1674: 59-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180254
FC5B87B2FFB4FFD2FF007CD7A141F8B4.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The series of A. nigrescens comprises 69 specimens collected from the Taharoa Ironsands Terminal, North Island, New Zealand. Taharoa Ironsands Terminal is an export port for iron sands extracted from coastal sand dunes in Taharoa, south of Kawhia Harbour. The sand is piped to a mooring situated in approximately 30 m of water almost 3 km from shore (38 ° 10 ’ 32 ” S, 174 ° 41 ’ 21 ” E) (Figure 1). The specimens were collected from 27 sites, attached to the mooring and anchor lines, at 0 – 7 m depth. The specimens range from 4.5 mm to 68.3 mm basal diameter and 2.5 mm to 70.0 mm rostral height (Figure 2 A – E), and accord well with published descriptions (Pope 1945; Jones 1990). The Taharoa specimens are from an established population: at least three generations are present and four individuals were ovigerous. This species was most likely introduced via shipping at Taharoa.	en	Hosie, Andrew, Ahyong, Shane T. (2008): First records of the giant barnacles, Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) and A. psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Balanidae. Zootaxa 1674: 59-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180254
FC5B87B2FFB4FFD0FF007B26A14DFD45.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. NIWA 25576, 9 specimens, Waterloo Quay, Port Wellington, New Zealand, 41 ° 16.911 ’ S, 174 ° 46.840 ’ E, about 10 m, coll. D. Morissey et al., 22 Feb 2006; NIWA 25444, 11 specimens, Coquimbo, Chile, 29 ° 57.19 ’ S, 71 ° 21.78 ’ W coll. N. Bruce & M. Thiel, 25 Jul 2006.	en	Hosie, Andrew, Ahyong, Shane T. (2008): First records of the giant barnacles, Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) and A. psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Balanidae. Zootaxa 1674: 59-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180254
FC5B87B2FFB4FFD0FF007B26A14DFD45.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The present specimens of A. psittacus represent not only the first record of the species from New Zealand, but also the first extralimital record of the species.	en	Hosie, Andrew, Ahyong, Shane T. (2008): First records of the giant barnacles, Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) and A. psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Balanidae. Zootaxa 1674: 59-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180254
