I keep hearing that word in "Spongebob Squarepants".... what is it?
2006-11-17 17:35:53 · 3 answers · asked by Feed the models! 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
bar·na·cle
bar·na·cle [brnək’l]
(plural bar·na·cles)
n
1. marine biology clinging marine organism: a small marine organism with a shell that clings to rocks and ships and draws food by using slender hairs (cirri).
Subclass: Cirripedia
2. zoology See barnacle goose
3. somebody who clings: a clinging or dependent person or thing
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2006-11-17 17:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by trans fat is good! 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the above person said that a crustacean was like a snail. Ignore them, a snail is a mollusc COMPLETELY different.
a Barnacle is from Phylum Arthropoda, Class Maxillopoda, Sub class Cirripedia.
They are enclosed in a shell of calcarious plates. They are sessile (non-moving) as adults. The head is reduced, the abdomen is absent and their thoracic legs are long, many jointed cirri with hairlike setae.
2006-11-18 04:42:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of crustacean (like a snail) that clings to rocks, boats, etc.
2006-11-18 01:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by Mel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋