Barnacles

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  • Barnacles
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Abstract from DBPedia
    A barnacle is a type of arthropod constituting the subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile (nonmobile) and most are suspension feeders, but those in infraclass Rhizocephala are highly specialized parasites on crustaceans. They have four nektonic (active swimming) larval stages. Around 1,000 barnacle species are currently known. The name Cirripedia is Latin, meaning "curl-footed". The study of barnacles is called cirripedology.

    蔓脚類（まんきゃくるい／つるあしるい、学名: Cirripedia）は、甲殻類に属す動物群。分類学上は蔓脚下綱とされる。フジツボ下綱とも呼ばれ、広い意味でのフジツボに相当の分類群であるが、通常フジツボと呼ばれるのはその一部でしかなく、形態的には様々である。2019年9月には約1,220種が知られる。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Barnacle)