Barnacles

All 2 species of barnacles on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 17 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

• Alemania2
• Bélgica2
• Canadá2
• Dinamarca2
• España2
• Estados Unidos2
• Finlandia2
• Francia2
• Groenlandia2
• Irlanda2
• Islandia2
• Noruega2
• Países Bajos2
• Portugal2
• Reino Unido2
• Rusia2
• Suecia2

Where to see them

• Arrábida2 species
• Burren2 species
• Calzada del Gigante2 species
• Costa de Dorset y Devon Oriental2 species
• Gros Morne2 species
• Islas Cies2 species
• Kosterhavet2 species
• Mar de Frisia (Baja Sajonia)2 species
• Mar de Frisia (Dinamarca)2 species
• Mar de Frisia (Schleswig-Holstein)2 species
• Northumberland2 species
• Oosterschelde2 species
• Andrea Doriadiving
• Archipiélago de Turkudiving
• Bahía de Fundydiving
• Bell Island Wrecksdiving
• Block Island (pecio del Mohawk)diving
• Farne Islandsdiving

Did you know…

• Joseph Connell's experiments with this species and with Chthamalus in the 1950s showed how competition and drying out sort intertidal life into bands, and are one of the foundations of modern ecology.

  From Acorn Barnacle

• It attaches to the rock with an adhesive protein that sets underwater and is being studied for developing surgical glues.

  From Acorn Barnacle

• Before settling, the larva explores the rock with its antennae and chooses the spot partly by the presence of other individuals of its own species.

  From Acorn Barnacle

• A barnacle is, in truth, a crustacean lying on its back kicking food into its mouth, as Louis Agassiz put it.

  From Rough Barnacle

• Barnacles are hermaphrodites and, being unable to move, have the longest penis in the animal kingdom relative to body size, in order to reach their neighbours.

  From Rough Barnacle

• The cement with which they attach is one of the strongest underwater adhesives known.

  From Rough Barnacle

Ecosystems

• Océano2