Barnacle
Common Name: Barnacle
Scientific Name: Cirripedia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Maxillopoda
Other Taxonomy: Subclass: Thecostraca Infraclass: Cirripedia
Specimen #:20
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was dead
Location: Alfred bio lab
Typical Habitat: Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. Barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves permanently to a hard substrate.
Relationship with humans: Barnacles are of economic consequence as they often attach themselves to man-made structures, sometimes to the structure's detriment. Particularly in the case of ships, they are classified as fouling organisms. Some barnacles are considered edible by humans, and goose barnacles (e.g. Pollicipes pollicipes), in particular, are a delicacy in Spain and Portugal. The resemblance of this barnacle's fleshy stalk to a goose's neck gave rise in ancient times to the notion that geese, or at least certain seagoing species of wild goose, literally grew from the barnacle. Indeed, the word "barnacle" originally referred to a species of goose, the Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis, whose eggs and young were rarely seen by humans because it breeds in the remote Arctic.
Feeding Mechanism: They are sessile(non-motile) suspension feeders
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle
http://animal.discovery.com/marine-life/barnacle-info.htm
Scientific Name: Cirripedia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Maxillopoda
Other Taxonomy: Subclass: Thecostraca Infraclass: Cirripedia
Specimen #:20
Circumstance: Observed in lab
Specimen Condition: Specimen was dead
Location: Alfred bio lab
Typical Habitat: Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. Barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves permanently to a hard substrate.
Relationship with humans: Barnacles are of economic consequence as they often attach themselves to man-made structures, sometimes to the structure's detriment. Particularly in the case of ships, they are classified as fouling organisms. Some barnacles are considered edible by humans, and goose barnacles (e.g. Pollicipes pollicipes), in particular, are a delicacy in Spain and Portugal. The resemblance of this barnacle's fleshy stalk to a goose's neck gave rise in ancient times to the notion that geese, or at least certain seagoing species of wild goose, literally grew from the barnacle. Indeed, the word "barnacle" originally referred to a species of goose, the Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis, whose eggs and young were rarely seen by humans because it breeds in the remote Arctic.
Feeding Mechanism: They are sessile(non-motile) suspension feeders
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle
http://animal.discovery.com/marine-life/barnacle-info.htm