Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Crustacea

Subclass: Cirripedia

 

Norwegian: rankeføttinger

(Værnes - The Trondheim fjord / 2 meters / 6.02.2002)

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Common to all adult barnacles, or cirripedians if you like, is that they are attached to some surface by their first pair of antennas. They actually sit on their heads.

There are approximately 1000 kinds of cirripedians around the world.