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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!

Hábitat: Coastal waters and rocky shorelines

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Super Glue Feet

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

Habilidad

Feathery Grabbers

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

Habilidad

Flexible Neck

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
10 cm
Peso
25 g
Esperanza de vida
15 años

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • phytoplankton
  • zooplankton
  • detritus

Método de búsqueda

  • Filter Feeding

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Gooseneck Barnacle?

10 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Gooseneck Barnacle?

25 g

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Gooseneck Barnacle?

15 años

¿Qué come Gooseneck Barnacle?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Gooseneck Barnacle?

Coastal waters and rocky shorelines

¿Cómo caza Gooseneck Barnacle?

Filter Feeding

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