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barnacle

the common name for any of the CRUSTACEAN class Cirripedia, most of which are SESSILE, grow on rocky substrates, and have a CALCAREOUS outer covering.

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(28.) Becka, A, Loeb, G, "Ease of Removal of Barnacles from Various Polymeric Materials." Biotechnol.

An improved laboratory reattachment method for the rapid assessment of adult barnacle adhesion strength to fouling-release marine coatings

These individuals, like all individuals of this species that I have observed, inhabited vacant barnacles (Megabalanus).

Comments on microhabitat specialization and a depth range extension for a Chaenopsid tube blenny in the Gulf of California, Mexico

August?" "Billy, do you have any idea what the submerged part of the engine looks like?" "Well, it's probably got a few barnacles on it, but I knew you'd be home soon to help me."

Mistakes nobody should make: our resident mechanic talks about the disturbingly dim-witted decisions boaters make about their boat engines

The turtles are taken to the rehabilitation unit when they wash up on shore, covered with barnacles.

25 rehabilitated turtles set free to swim the oceans once more

Among the marine and estuarine benthic organisms present in the littoral zone, barnacles constitute an important, characteristic, and successful group in the intertidal region of hard substrata throughout the world's oceans in terms of abundance and diversity (Newman and Ross, 1976).

Coliform accumulation in Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) (Cirripedia) and its use as an organic pollution bioindicator in the estuarine area of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil/Acumulacao de coliformes em Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) (Cirripedia) e seu uso como bioindicador de poluicao organica na area estuarina do Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Larval nutrition must improve to unlock sustainable economic production and increase yields.the offspring of common barnacles are an important feed for marine larvae in the wild.

Cultivated barnacle offspring the solution for realizing marine aquaculture growth

BARNACLES live their entire lives cemented to a rock - so how do they reproduce?

How there's so much to sea in pools that rock... Wonders of our ocean critters

Barnacles of the genus Octolasmis Gray, 1825 are commonly called pedunculate barnacles or stalked barnacles.

Occurrence of Pedunculate Barnacles of the Symbiotic Genus Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Crustacea) in Two Species of Edible Crabs

Barnacles are sessile marine organisms that occupy a vast range of marine habitats ranging from the coastal zone to the deep sea; and the species comprise well-known suspension feeders, numerous epibionts on a wide range of host organisms, and some of the most advanced parasites known from Metazoa (Anderson, 1994; Hoeg and Moller, 2006; Rees et al., 2014).

Cirripede Cypris Antennules: How Much Structural Variation Exists Among Balanomorphan Species from Hard-Bottom Habitats?

The worm-like creatures are believed to be gooseneck barnacles.

Residents take a gander at giant seafood platter

Certainly I am covered in barnacles: they have dug themselves

Whale and Barnacles

STORMY weather has led to massive numbers of goose barnacles washing up on North Wales coasts.