Rabbit-Ear Barnacle

Conchoderma auritum

• Group: Other

Named for the soft, ear like flaps on its body, this goose barnacle rides along on whales, ship hulls and floating driftwood rather than settling on the seabed. It feeds by sweeping feathery limbs through the water to catch drifting plankton.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Thecostraca › Scalpellomorpha › Lepadidae › Conchoderma

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 106146.