Kromme-Geelhout-Database
Species details
Genus
Genus : Octomeris
Family: Chthamalidae (Crustacea/Cirripedia)
Taxon : Water invertebrate
Group : Animal
SPECIES
angulosaNOTES
A large barnacle with eight shell plates. The adult uses cirri to sift food particles from the water while the free-swimming larvae are planktonic.
AUTHORITY
(Sowerby, 1825)Sub Author
Conservation
CommonHabit
Not ApplicableLand Invertebrate
n/aColour
- Notes: Dirty-white shell plates
- Colour: White
Common Name
- Eight-shell barnacle
Habitat
- NOTES: Found in very large numbers on a mooring pole
- HABITAT NAME: River
Uses
- None known
- None
Months
- December
- All year
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