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Barnacle

Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar nauplius larvae. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebrates; many species live in shallow and tidal waters. Some 2,100 species have been described.

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Barnacle

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Triples169
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related to Fossil record · 17
Barnacle → Barnacles, Carboniferous, Chesaconcavus, England, Late Cretaceous, MarylandUnderside, Megabalanus, Messinian, Middle Cambrian, Miocene, Neogene, Older, Praelepas, Priscansermarinus, Rhamphoverritor, Silurian Coalbrookdale Formation, The
related to history · 15
Barnacle → Articulata, Barnacles, Charles Darwin, Cuvier, Darwin, He, Hermann Burmeister, In, John Vaughan Thompson, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Linnaeus, Mollusca, The Royal Society, Upon, Where
related to Further reading · 14
Barnacle → Calman, Cirripedia, Darwin, Encyclopædia Britannica, London, Ray Society, Stebbing, The Balanidæ, The Lepadidæ, Thomas Roscoe Rede, Thyrostraca, Verrucidæ, Vol, William Thomas
related to Predators and parasites · 12
Barnacle → Among, Another, Chaetolepas, Gregarinasina, Hemioniscus, Iblomorpha, Parasites, Pisaster, Styela, Stylochus, The, They
related to Parasitism · 11
Barnacle → Anelasma, Barnacles, Goose, Instead, Other, Pollicipedomorpha, Rhizocephala, Sacculina, The, Their, They
related to Sources · 10
Barnacle → Alan, Balkema, Barnacle Biology, CRC Press, Crustacean Issues, ISBN, Leiden, Netherlands, Southward, Vol
related to As food · 9
Barnacle → Austromegabalanus, Capitulum, Chilean, Japanese, Pollicipes, Portugal, Spain, The, The Chilean
related to Anatomy and physiology · 8
Barnacle → Acorn, Adult, Barnacles, In, Inside, Segmentation, The, These
related to Competitors · 8
Barnacle → Balanoids, Barnacles, Competitors, Fast, In, Megabalanus, Oligocene, They
related to Cypris larva · 8
Barnacle → Amphibalanus, As, Cypris, In Rhizocephala, It, Larvae, The, Thoracica

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barnacles species goose rhizocephala cirripedia darwin cirri nauplius thoracica water shells cement subclass sessile plates acrothoracica adult calcareous substrate larvae

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a rockinstance ofattaching themselves to a hard substrate0.80text
the shell of a molluscinstance ofattaching themselves to a hard substrate0.80text
or a shipinstance ofattaching themselves to a hard substrate0.80text
Priscansermarinus from the Middle Cambrianinstance ofOlder claimed barnacles0.80text
some 510 to 500 million years agoinstance ofOlder claimed barnacles0.80text
do not show clear barnacle morphological traitsinstance ofOlder claimed barnacles0.80text
though Rhamphoverritor from the Silurian Coalbrookdale Formation of England may represent a stem-group barnacleinstance ofOlder claimed barnacles0.80text
that the goose barnacles grow on treesinstance ofwith variants0.80text
owes its longstanding popularity to ignorance of bird migrationinstance ofwith variants0.80text
Barnaclehas applicationMIT0.60section
Barnaclehas applicationThe0.60section
Barnaclerelated to AdultTypical0.60section

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