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Bookmark or Share- What Are Barnacles? - American OceansBarnacles are a fascinating group of crustaceans distinctly adapted to life in marine environments. Unlike their mobile relatives like crabs and lobsters, barnacles are sessile, meaning they permanently attach themselves to a variety of surfaces.
- What are barnacles? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceBarnacles (Balanus glandula) are sticky little crustaceans related to crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. Those aren't dragon claws — they're gooseneck barnacles! These filter feeders are found in the rocky tide pools of Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
- Barnacle: Classification, Diet, Behavior and More - Animal PlanetoryClassification. Barnacles belong to the taxonomic class Maxillopoda and are classified within the larger group of crustaceans. They are marine arthropods that predominantly settle and attach themselves to hard surfaces such as rocks, ships, and even the shells of other marine animals.
- What are barnacles and why do they attach to sea turtles?Barnacles are a highly specialized group of crustaceans. They have developed a sessile lifestyle as adults, attaching themselves to various substrates such as rocks, ships, whales or to sea turtles. Most commonly found barnacles on sea turtles belong to the genus Chelonibia, named after their host (Chelonia = turtle).
- Barnacle - WikipediaBarnacle adults are sessile; most are suspension feeders with hard calcareous shells, but the Rhizocephala are specialized parasites of other crustaceans, with reduced bodies. Barnacles have existed since at least the mid- Carboniferous, some 325 million years ago.
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