Gooseneck Barnacle
| Scientific Name: | Lepas anatifera |
| Species: | Barnacles (Lepadidae) |
| Other names: |
Crustaceans, Acorn Barnacles, Coral Barnacle, Coral-dwelling Barnacles. |
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Gooseneck BarnacleUploaded by: @blogie in April 2012
Photographed at: Limao Reef, Samal Island - Philippines
Caption: Bryozoans on a leather strip.
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Description
Also known as Crustaceans, Acorn Barnacles, Coral Barnacle and Coral-dwelling Barnacles.
Found on coral and rocky reefs in shallow inter-tidal waters on the surface of corals and sponges, hulls of ships, piers, seaweed, turtles and even crocodiles etc..
These barnacles attach by the head and send out their fan shaped cirri (Legs) for feeding.
They feed on plankton.
Length - 20cm
Depth - 0-?m
Widespread Worldwide
These barnacles have attach to anything, even found on a Snappy Handbag (Crocodile) the size of the barnacle indicated how long the Snappy Handbag had been in salt water!
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