General Description
Four pointed side plates that look like a claw or finger nail at the end of a stalk. Stalk brown and covered with hard brown hairs. Up to 3 cm long, 5 mm wide.
Biology
Hairy Stalked Barnacles are the only stalked barnacle living permanently on south-eastern Australian rocky shores. Other stalked barnacles (goose barnacles) are seen washed up attached to driftwood, and are not covered with hair.
Distribution
Southern Australia.
Habitat
Under rocks, in damp crevices and among colonies of tube worms, at mid-tide level.
More Information
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Animal Type
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Brief Id
Stalk with hair, four pointed side plates.
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Colours
Brown, Grey
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Habitats
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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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Depths
Shore (0-1 m)
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Water Column Locations
On or near seafloor
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Taxon Name
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Scientific Author
(Cuvier, 1817)
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Common Name
Hairy Stalked Barnacle
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Other Names
Four-valved Stalked Barnacle
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Species Name
quadrivalvis
