Barnacles
 

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  • Barnacles
  • Copepods
  • Ostracods
  • Mysids
  • Isopods
  • Amphipods
  • Krill
  • Southern Rock Lobster 
  • Hermit Crab 
  • Crabs

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  • Kingdom Animalia
  • Phylum Arthropoda
  • Subphylum Crustacea
  • Class Cirripedia
  • There are approximately 1000 species of barnacles, with most occuring fixed to rocks or other hard surfaces as adults. The larval barnacles settle on a suitable substrate (usually rocks), growing into the adult from there. The limbs change into feather like cirri which beat through the water, filtering plankton on which these animals feed (i.e. they are filter feeders).

    The most common barnacles found around the Marine Discovery Centre are:

  • Chamaesipho tasmanica
  • Chamaesipho tasmanica - Barnacle
    (Edgar, 1997)
    Habitat: Exposed shores, mid to high intertidal zone
    Distribution: SA to NSW and around Tasmania
    Maximum size: Diameter to 8 mm
    Diet: Plankton (filter feeders)
     
  • Tetraclitella purpurascens
  • Tetraclitella purpurascens - Barnacle
    (Edgar, 1997)
    Habitat: Moderately exposed shores, mid intertidal zone
    Distribution: WA to Qld and around Tasmania
    Maximum size: Diameter to 25 mm
    Diet: Plankton (filter feeders)