Table of Contents
181 relations: Abdomen, Acorn barnacle, Acrothoracica, Alveolate, Amphibalanus improvisus, Androdioecy, Antenna (biology), Anti-predator adaptation, Archaeolepadomorpha, Arthropod, Articulata hypothesis, Ascidiacea, Ascothoracida, August Aimé Balkema, Austromegabalanus psittacus, Austrominius modestus, Balanomorpha, Balanus, Barnacle Bill (1930 film), Barnacle Bill (1935 film), Barnacle Bill (1941 film), Barnacle Bill (1957 film), Barnacle Bill the Sailor, Barnacle goose, BBC, Benthic zone, Bestiary, Biofilm, Biofouling, Bird migration, Bleeding, BMC Biology, Brachylepadidae, Bromine, Calanticomorpha, Calcium, Capitulum mitella, Carboniferous, Carl Linnaeus, Cement, Charles Darwin, Chthamalus stellatus, Cirrus (biology), Cladogram, Class (biology), Coalbrookdale Formation, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Crab, CRC Press, Cretaceous, ... Expand index (131 more) »
- Maxillopoda
- Taxa described in 1834
Abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.
Acorn barnacle
Acorn barnacle and acorn shell are vernacular names for certain types of stalkless barnacles, generally excluding stalked or gooseneck barnacles.
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Acrothoracica
The Acrothoracica are an infraclass of barnacles. Barnacle and Acrothoracica are barnacles.
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Alveolate
The alveolates (meaning "pitted like a honeycomb") are a group of protists, considered a major clade and superphylum within Eukarya.
Amphibalanus improvisus
Amphibalanus improvisus, the bay barnacle, European acorn barnacle, is a species of acorn barnacle in the family Balanidae. Barnacle and Amphibalanus improvisus are barnacles.
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Androdioecy
Androdioecy is a reproductive system characterized by the coexistence of males and hermaphrodites.
Antenna (biology)
Antennae (antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.
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Anti-predator adaptation
Anti-predator adaptations are mechanisms developed through evolution that assist prey organisms in their constant struggle against predators.
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Archaeolepadomorpha
Archaeolepadomorpha is an extinct order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. Barnacle and Archaeolepadomorpha are barnacles.
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Arthropod
Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.
Articulata hypothesis
The Articulata hypothesis is the grouping in a higher taxon of animals with segmented bodies, consisting of Annelida and Panarthropoda.
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Ascidiacea
Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders.
Ascothoracida
Ascothoracida is a small group of parasitic marine crustaceans, comprising around 100 species and divided into Dendrogastrida and Laurida. Barnacle and Ascothoracida are Maxillopoda.
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August Aimé Balkema
August Aimé (Guus) Balkema (6 October 1906, in Avereest – 4 September 1996, in Rotterdam), or A. A. Balkema, was a Dutch book trader and publisher active in Amsterdam and South Africa.
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Austromegabalanus psittacus
Austromegabalanus psittacus, the giant barnacle or picoroco as it is known in Spanish, is a species of large barnacle native to the coasts of southern Peru, all of Chile and southern Argentina. Barnacle and Austromegabalanus psittacus are barnacles.
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Austrominius modestus
Austrominius modestus (syn. Elminius modestus) is a species of barnacle in the family Elminiidae, native to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, but now spread to Britain and the north west coasts of Europe.
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Balanomorpha
The Balanomorpha are an order of barnacles, containing familiar acorn barnacles of the seashore. Barnacle and Balanomorpha are barnacles.
Balanus
Balanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae of the subphylum Crustacea. Barnacle and Balanus are barnacles.
Barnacle Bill (1930 film)
Barnacle Bill is a 1930 Fleischer Studios animated short film.
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Barnacle Bill (1935 film)
Barnacle Bill is a 1935 British drama film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Archie Pitt, Joan Gardner and Gus McNaughton.
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Barnacle Bill (1941 film)
Barnacle Bill is a 1941 American comedy drama film starring Wallace Beery.
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Barnacle Bill (1957 film)
Barnacle Bill (U.S. title: All at Sea) is a 1957 Ealing Studios comedy film directed by Charles Frend and starring Alec Guinness.
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Barnacle Bill the Sailor
"Barnacle Bill the Sailor" (Roud 4704) is an American drinking song adapted from "Bollocky Bill the Sailor", a traditional folk song originally titled "Abraham Brown".
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Barnacle goose
The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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Benthic zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
Bestiary
A bestiary (bestiarium vocabulum) is a compendium of beasts.
Biofilm
A biofilm is a syntrophic community of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and often also to a surface.
Biofouling
Biofouling or biological fouling is the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or small animals where it is not wanted on surfaces such as ship and submarine hulls, devices such as water inlets, pipework, grates, ponds, and rivers that cause degradation to the primary purpose of that item.
Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
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Bleeding
Bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage or blood loss is blood escaping from the circulatory system from damaged blood vessels.
BMC Biology
BMC Biology is an online open access scientific journal that publishes original, peer-reviewed research in all fields of biology, together with opinion and comment articles.
Brachylepadidae
Brachylepadidae is an extinct family of barnacles in the order Brachylepadomorpha, the sole family in the order. Barnacle and Brachylepadidae are barnacles.
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Bromine
Bromine is a chemical element; it has symbol Br and atomic number 35.
Calanticomorpha
Calanticomorpha is an order of acorn barnacles in the class Thecostraca. Barnacle and Calanticomorpha are barnacles.
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Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Capitulum mitella
Capitulum is a monotypic genus of sessile marine stalked barnacles. Barnacle and Capitulum mitella are barnacles.
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Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
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Cement
A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together.
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.
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Chthamalus stellatus
Chthamalus stellatus, common name Poli's stellate barnacle, is a species of acorn barnacle common on rocky shores in South West England, Ireland, and Southern Europe. Barnacle and Chthamalus stellatus are barnacles.
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Cirrus (biology)
In biology, a cirrus (cirri,, from the Latin cirrus meaning a curl-like tuft or fringe) is a long, thin structure in an animal similar to a tentacle but generally lacking the tentacle's strength, flexibility, thickness, and sensitivity.
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Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Class (biology)
In biological classification, class (classis) is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank.
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Coalbrookdale Formation
Coalbrookdale Formation, earlier known as Wenlock Shale or Wenlock Shale Formation and also referred to as Herefordshire Lagerstätte in palaeontology, is a fossil-rich deposit (Konservat-Lagerstätte) in Powys and Herefordshire at the England–Wales border in UK.
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (officially titled The Concise Oxford Dictionary until 2002, and widely abbreviated COD or COED) is one of the best-known of the 'smaller' Oxford dictionaries.
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Crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the thorax (brachyura means "short tail" in Greek).
CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Crown group
In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor.
Crustacean
Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.
Crustacean larva
Crustaceans may pass through a number of larval and immature stages between hatching from their eggs and reaching their adult form.
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Cryptophialidae
Cryptophialidae is a family of Acrothoracican barnacles in the order Cryptophialida, the sole family of the order. Barnacle and Cryptophialidae are Maxillopoda.
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Dendrogastrida
Dendrogastrida is an order of crustaceans belonging to the class Maxillopoda. Barnacle and Dendrogastrida are Maxillopoda.
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Desiccation
Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying.
Dosima fascicularis
Dosima fascicularis, the buoy barnacle, is "the most specialised pleustonic goose barnacle" species. Barnacle and Dosima fascicularis are barnacles.
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Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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Ecdysis
Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa.
Ecdysozoa
Ecdysozoa is a group of protostome animals, including Arthropoda (insects, chelicerata (including arachnids), crustaceans, and myriapods), Nematoda, and several smaller phyla.
Eolepadomorpha
Eolepadomorpha is an extinct order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. Barnacle and Eolepadomorpha are barnacles.
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Esophagus
The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English, see spelling differences; both;: (o)esophagi or (o)esophaguses), colloquially known also as the food pipe, food tube, or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach.
Evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Evolutionary radiation
An evolutionary radiation is an increase in taxonomic diversity that is caused by elevated rates of speciation, that may or may not be associated with an increase in morphological disparity.
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Facetotecta
Facetotecta is a poorly known subclass of thecostracan crustaceans. Barnacle and Facetotecta are Maxillopoda and parasitic crustaceans.
Fertilisation
Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a zygote and initiate its development into a new individual organism or offspring.
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Filter feeder
Filter feeders are aquatic animals that acquire nutrients by feeding on organic matters, food particles or smaller organisms (bacteria, microalgae and zooplanktons) suspended in water, typically by having the water pass over or through a specialized filtering organ.
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Fisheries Research
Fisheries Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal on fisheries science published by Elsevier since 1982.
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Fluid dynamics
In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".
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Gill
A gill is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide.
Glycoprotein
Glycoproteins are proteins which contain oligosaccharide (sugar) chains covalently attached to amino acid side-chains.
Gonochorism
In biology, gonochorism is a sexual system where there are two sexes and each individual organism is either male or female.
Goose barnacle
Goose barnacles, also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. Barnacle and goose barnacle are barnacles.
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Gregarinasina
The gregarines are a group of Apicomplexan alveolates, classified as the Gregarinasina or Gregarinia.
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Heart
The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals.
Hemioniscus balani
Hemioniscus balani, a species of isopod crustacean, is a widespread parasitic castrator of barnacles in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Barnacle and Hemioniscus balani are parasitic crustaceans.
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Hermann Burmeister
Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botanist, and coleopterologist.
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Hermaphrodite
A hermaphrodite is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes.
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Iblomorpha
Iblomorpha is a small order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. Barnacle and Iblomorpha are barnacles.
Instar
An instar (from the Latin īnstar 'form, likeness') is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, which occurs between each moult (ecdysis) until sexual maturity is reached.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Integrative and Comparative Biology is the scientific journal for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly the American Society of Zoologists).
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Interface Focus
Interface Focus is the Royal Society's cross-disciplinary themed publication promoting research at the interface between the physical and life sciences.
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Intertidal zone
The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.
Isotope
Isotopes are distinct nuclear species (or nuclides) of the same chemical element.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier.
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John Vaughan Thompson
John Vaughan Thompson FLS (19 November 1779 – 21 January 1847) was a British military surgeon, marine biologist, zoologist, botanist, and published naturalist.
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John W. Gardner
John William Gardner (October 8, 1912 – February 16, 2002) was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) under President Lyndon Johnson.
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Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century.
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science
The Journal of Applied Polymer Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering polymer science.
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Journal of Crustacean Biology
The Journal of Crustacean Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of carcinology (crustacean research).
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
The Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in August 1887.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Laurida
Laurida is an order of crustacean in the infraclass Ascothoracida. Barnacle and Laurida are Maxillopoda.
Leiden
Leiden (in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
Lethaia
Lethaia is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal of Earth science, covering research on palaeontology and stratigraphy.
Limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot.
Linguistic Typology
Linguistic Typology is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of linguistic typology.
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List of E. Schweizerbart serials
This is a list of academic journals, monographic series, and other serials published by E. Schweizerbart.
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Lithoglyptida
Lithoglyptida is an order of barnacles in the class Thecostraca. Barnacle and Lithoglyptida are barnacles.
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Lobster
Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (synonym Homaridae).
Loggerhead sea turtle
The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world.
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Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created solid material that has deliberately or accidentally been released in seas or the ocean.
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Marine Life Information Network
The Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) is an information system for marine biodiversity for Great Britain and Ireland.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Medieval Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
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Megabalanus
Megabalanus is a genus of barnacles in the family Balanidae. Barnacle and Megabalanus are barnacles.
Messinian
The Messinian is in the geologic timescale the last age or uppermost stage of the Miocene.
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
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Miaolingian
The Miaolingian is the third Series of the Cambrian Period, and was formally named in 2018.
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.
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Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.
Monograph
A monograph is a specialist written work (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on one subject or one aspect of a usually scholarly subject, often by a single author or artist.
Museums Victoria
Museums Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state-owned museums in Melbourne, Victoria: the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum.
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Mussel
Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.
National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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National Ocean Service
The National Ocean Service (NOS) is an office within the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
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Neogene
The Neogene is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period million years ago.
New Scientist
New Scientist is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology.
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Notes and Records
Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science is an international, quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which publishes original research in the history of science, technology, and medicine.
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Old French
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-14th century.
Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Oyster
Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats.
Paleobiology (journal)
Paleobiology is a scientific journal promoting the integration of biology and conventional paleontology, with emphasis placed on biological or paleobiological processes and patterns.
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Parasitic castration
Parasitic castration is the strategy, by a parasite, of blocking reproduction by its host, completely or in part, to its own benefit.
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Penis
A penis (penises or penes) is a male sex organ that is used to inseminate female or hermaphrodite animals during copulation.
Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
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Pisaster ochraceus
Pisaster ochraceus, generally known as the purple sea star, ochre sea star, or ochre starfish, is a common seastar found among the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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Plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).
Pollicipedomorpha
Pollicipedomorpha is an order of pedunculated barnacles in the class Thecostraca. Barnacle and Pollicipedomorpha are barnacles.
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Pollicipes pollicipes
Pollicipes pollicipes, known as the goose neck barnacle, goose barnacle or leaf barnacle is a species of goose barnacle, also well known under the taxonomic synonym Pollicipes cornucopia. Barnacle and pollicipes pollicipes are barnacles.
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Pollicipes polymerus
Pollicipes polymerus, commonly known as the gooseneck barnacle or leaf barnacle, is a species of stalked barnacle. Barnacle and Pollicipes polymerus are barnacles.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.
Priscansermarinus
Priscansermarinus barnetti is an organism known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale which was originally interpreted as a species of lepadomorph barnacle. Barnacle and Priscansermarinus are barnacles.
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Progress in Neurobiology
Progress in Neurobiology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of neuroscience, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches.
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Propeller
A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid such as water or air.
Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Ray Society
The Ray Society is a scientific text publication society that publishes works devoted principally to British flora and fauna.
Rhizocephala
Rhizocephala are derived barnacles that are parasitic castrators. Barnacle and Rhizocephala are barnacles and parasitic crustaceans.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) (Gàrradh Luibh-eòlais Rìoghail Dhùn Èideann) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.
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Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.
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Sacculina
Sacculina is a genus of barnacles that is a parasitic castrator of crabs. Barnacle and Sacculina are barnacles and parasitic crustaceans.
Scalpellomorpha
Scalpellomorpha is an order of acorn barnacles in the class Thecostraca.
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Semibalanus balanoides
Semibalanus balanoides (common barnacle, common rock barnacle, or northern rock barnacle) is a common and widespread boreo-arctic species of acorn barnacle.
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Sessilia
Sessilia is an unranked clade of barnacles, comprising the barnacles without stalks, or acorn barnacles. Barnacle and Sessilia are barnacles.
Sessility (motility)
Sessility is the biological property of an organism describing its lack of a means of self-locomotion.
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Seta
In biology, setae (seta; from the Latin word for "bristle") are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.
Sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete (haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg cell) with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote that develops into an organism composed of cells with two sets of chromosomes (diploid).
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Shipwreck
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water.
Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is a United States environmental research and educational facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
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Stylochidae
Stylochidae is a family of polyclad flatworms.
Telson
The telson is the hindmost division of the body of an arthropod.
The Biological Bulletin
The Biological Bulletin is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the field of biology.
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Thecostraca
Thecostraca is a class of marine invertebrates containing over 2,200 described species.
Thoracica
Thoracica is an infraclass of crustaceans which contains the most familiar species of barnacles found on rocky coasts, such as Semibalanus balanoides and Chthamalus stellatus. Barnacle and Thoracica are barnacles.
Thorax
The thorax (thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.
Trematoda
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes or trematodes.
Turbellaria
The Turbellaria are one of the traditional sub-divisions of the phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and include all the sub-groups that are not exclusively parasitic.
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 – 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe.
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University of California Press
The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.
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Verrucomorpha
Verrucomorpha is an order of asymmetrical sessile barnacles in the class Thecostraca. Barnacle and Verrucomorpha are barnacles.
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Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor.
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Whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.
Whale barnacle
Whale barnacles are species of acorn barnacle that belong to the family Coronulidae. Barnacle and Whale barnacle are barnacles.
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Whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell.
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
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See also
Maxillopoda
- Ascothoracida
- Ascothoracidae
- Barnacle
- Barnacles
- Catophragmus
- Chamaesipho
- Conchoderma auritum
- Conchoderma virgatum
- Copepod
- Copepods
- Cryptophialidae
- Ctenosculidae
- Cumoniscidae
- Cyclida
- Dendrogaster antarctica
- Dendrogastrida
- Dendrogastridae
- Derocheilocarididae
- Facetotecta
- Ichthyostraca
- Laurida
- Lepadiformes
- Neolepadidae
- Petrarcidae
- Porocephalus crotali
- Reighardia sternae
- Skaracarida
- Stygotantulus
- Tantulocarida
- Tigriopus brevicornis
- Trypetesidae
Taxa described in 1834
- Barnacle
- Chlorida
- Diplodia
- Morchellaceae
- Synura
References
Also known as Barnacle taxonomy, Barnacles, Cirrepede, Cirrhipedia, Cirrhipoda, Cirrhopoda, Cirriped, Cirripede, Cirripedia, Cirripedologist, Cirripedology, Cyprid, Cypris larva, Sessile Barnacles, The barnicle, Thyrostraca.