Barnacles are a diverse taxon including free-living and parasitic groups. Barnacles are sessile and most are hermaphroditic. Most are suspension feeders but many are parasites and some are predators. The exoskeleton usually secretes heavy calcareous plates which grow with the animal and are not moulted, although the rest of the exoskeleton is.
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- Introduction to the Cirripedia Life history, systematics, morphology, and fossil record of the barnacles and their relatives.
- Barnacle Information from Wikipedia on this distant relative of crabs and lobsters that lives cemented to rocks or other objects.
- Barnacles: Living on the Edge Article by Wim van Egmond on the life cycle and development of the barnacle with several interesting photographs.
- Megabalanus coccopoma Taxonomy and description of the titan acorn barnacle, its habitat and distribution, life history, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.
- Balanus amphitrite Taxonomy and description of the striped barnacle, its habitat and distribution, life history, physical tolerances, community ecology and invasion information.
- Barnacles A useful guide to Australian barnacles and their biology, providing for each species a description and details of distribution, habitat and biology.