Japanese Goose Barnacle
Capitulum mitella
- Group: Other
- For divers: safe
A goose barnacle of the splash zone, it cements itself by a tough stalk to littoral rock. A small nemertean worm lives as a permanent lodger inside its mantle cavity, an unusual partnership for a barnacle.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Thecostraca › Pollicipedomorpha › Pollicipedidae › Capitulum
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 535088.
FAQ
- Is the Japanese Goose Barnacle dangerous to divers?
- The Japanese Goose Barnacle is harmless to divers.