Barnacles

Lithotrya valentiana

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

This goose barnacle bores into rock at the shore and in the shallow subtidal, anchoring itself in a burrow it cuts. It feeds as an omnivore, sweeping the water with feathery legs to gather drifting particles.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Thecostraca › Pollicipedomorpha › Lithotryidae › Lithotrya

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208749.