Calantica (crustacean)
''Calantica'' is a genus of barnacles in the family Calanticidae, containing the following species: *''Calantica affinis'' Broch, 1922 *''Calantica darwini'' Jones & Hosie, 2009 *''Calantica eos'' (Pilsbry, 1907) *''Calantica flagellata'' Ren, 1989 *''Calantica gemma'' *''Calantica kampeni'' (Annandale, 1909) *''Calantica kruegeri'' Hiro, 1932 *''Calantica pedunculostriata'' Broch, 1931 *''Calantica pollicipedoides'' (Hoek, 1907) *''Calantica pusilla'' Utinomi, 1970 *''Calantica quinquelatera'' Hiro, 1932 *''Calantica siemensi'' (Weltner, 1922) *''Calantica spinosa'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) *''Calantica studeri'' (Weltner, 1922) *''Calantica trispinosa'' (Hoek, 1883) *''Calantica villosa'' (Leach, 1824) References

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Barnacle
Barnacles are arthropods of the subclass (taxonomy), subclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacean, Crustacea. They are related to crabs and lobsters, with similar Nauplius (larva), nauplius larvae. Barnacles are exclusively marine invertebrates; many species live in shallow and tidal waters. Some 2,100 species have been described. Barnacle adults are Sessility (motility), sessile; most are Filter feeder, suspension feeders with hard calcareous shells, but the Rhizocephala are parasitic castration, specialized parasites of other crustaceans, with reduced bodies. Barnacles have existed since at least the mid-Carboniferous, some 325 million years ago. In folklore, barnacle geese were once held to emerge fully formed from goose barnacles. Both goose barnacles and the Austromegabalanus psittacus, Chilean giant barnacle are fished and eaten. Barnacles are economically significant as biofouling on ships, where they cause hydrodynamic Drag (physics), drag, reducing efficiency. Ety ...
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