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Gooseneck Barnacle

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The Gooseneck Barnacle is a unique sea creature that clings tightly to rocks in the ocean. Its long, flexible stalk allows it to reach up for food while staying securely attached!

Lebensraum: Coastal waters and rocky shorelines

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The Gooseneck Barnacle has a long, flexible, reddish-brown stalk, ending in a cluster of white, calcified plates. It often looks like a stony flower or a small, curved neck attached to rocks, with a distinctive dark 'goose neck' base, different from typical flat barnacles.

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Gooseneck Barnacle
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Gooseneck Barnacle

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Barnacles start life as tiny, free-swimming larvae before finding a spot to settle down!

Believe it or not, barnacles are closer relatives to crabs and lobsters than to clams!

Some people in coastal regions consider Gooseneck Barnacles a delicious seafood delicacy!

The glue a barnacle makes is one of the strongest natural adhesives known to science!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Glue Feet

Gooseneck Barnacle can stick incredibly tightly to rocks because of a natural, super-strong cement it produces.

Fähigkeit

Feathery Grabbers

Gooseneck Barnacle has feathery legs that help them sweep tiny food from passing water currents into their mouth.

Fähigkeit

Flexible Neck

Gooseneck Barnacle has a rubbery stalk that helps them sway with strong ocean waves without breaking off.

Maße und Details

Länge
10 cm
Gewicht
25 g
Lebenserwartung
15 Jahre

Ernährung und Fütterung

These barnacles filter tiny bits of food, like plankton, directly from the ocean water.

Hauptnahrung

  • phytoplankton
  • zooplankton
  • detritus

Nahrungssuche

  • Filter Feeding

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Ochre Sea Star

Pisaster ochraceus

These sea stars use their suction cups to pull barnacles off rocks.

eaten by

Frilled Dogwinkle

Nucella lamellosa

This snail can drill into the barnacle's shell to eat the soft tissues.

eaten by

Black Oystercatcher

Haematopus bachmani

These birds use their strong beaks to pry Gooseneck Barnacles off rocks.

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Gooseneck Barnacle?

10 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Gooseneck Barnacle?

25 g

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Gooseneck Barnacle?

15 Jahre

Was frisst Gooseneck Barnacle?

These barnacles filter tiny bits of food, like plankton, directly from the ocean water.

Wo findet man Gooseneck Barnacle normalerweise?

Coastal waters and rocky shorelines

Wie jagt Gooseneck Barnacle?

Filter Feeding

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