General Description
A stalked barnacle with five side plates. Plates smooth and white with faint orange-brown outline. Stalk long and thin, up to four times length of plates. Plates up to 5 cm long and 25 mm wide, stalk up to 20 cm long.
Biology
These barnacles attach to floating objects such as drift wood. Colonies of multiple barnacles can wash ashore, still attached to their floating home. The stranded colony may survive a short time on the beach and the cirri can be seen moving but it will not live long in this environment.
Distribution
Worldwide.
Habitat
Tropical and temperate oceans, attached to floating objects.
More Information
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Brief Id
Long stalk, five white plates with faint orange-brown outline, smooth plates.
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Colours
Brown, White
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Maximum Size
25 cm
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Diet
Plankton or Particles
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Endemicity
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Commercial
No
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Conservation Statuses
CITES: Not listed, FFG Threatened List: Not listed, EPBC Act 1999: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Not listed
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Taxon Name
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Scientific Author
Linnaeus, 1758
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Common Name
Goose Barnacle
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Other Names
Common Goose Barnacle , Gooseneck Barnacle , Duck Barnacle , Smooth Goose-neck Barnacle , Smooth Goose Barnacle
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Species Name
anatifera