Barnacles

Lithotrya nicobarica

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A barnacle that does not just cling but bores, drilling into limestone and the tops of coral boulders on reef flats. Sunk into its self made socket, it filters food from the water sweeping over the shore.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 535193.