Show barnacles barnacled Barn acles are found in all seas all climates the barnacle order family genera balanus lepas is the common name of 0 crustacean that fastens itself in great numbers on rocks on the piles of wharves on the bottoms of ships and even on the bodies of whales and other ocean animals notes a writer in the indianapolis news barnacles barnacled Barn acles are usually in a shell composed of several pieces with an opening through which several pairs of long many jointed hairy feet are thrust these feathery feet which always project from the open shell when the animal is undisturbed wave about in the water and create a current that draws to the mouth the small animals on which the barnacle feeds when disturbed the barnacle withdraws its feet and closes tightly its protecting shell barnacles barnacled Barn acles have no heart or blood vessels and most of the species are hermaphroditic the young are produced from eggs when hatched they are tree free swimming larvae but in time they attach themselves and undergo changes which produce the adult form barnacles barnacled Barn acles are found in all seas and in all climates the ancients used to eat them and the chinese use them for food |