A stalkless barnacle that attaches itself to a variety of surfaces including rocks, ships, and marine animals.
藤壶
Genus Balanus, family Balanidae
Example sentencesExamples
Chthamalus anisopoma is a mid-intertidal acorn barnacle distributed throughout the Gulf of California.
A tiny shell, acorn barnacles, and sand lie within the well of the bowl.
Mussels were removed using scrapers, a process that necessarily also removed most acorn barnacles intermingled among the mussels.
Here we will find acorn barnacles, mussels, crabs, and sea stars.
Limpets and acorn barnacles are the most important food items on the wintering grounds of the Black Turnstone.
Definition of acorn barnacle in US English:
acorn barnacle
noun
A stalkless barnacle that attaches itself to a variety of surfaces including rocks, ships, and marine animals. Large numbers of individuals may form a heavy encrustation that can affect the progress of a ship.
Genus Balanus, family Balanidae
Example sentencesExamples
Here we will find acorn barnacles, mussels, crabs, and sea stars.
Limpets and acorn barnacles are the most important food items on the wintering grounds of the Black Turnstone.
Mussels were removed using scrapers, a process that necessarily also removed most acorn barnacles intermingled among the mussels.
Chthamalus anisopoma is a mid-intertidal acorn barnacle distributed throughout the Gulf of California.
A tiny shell, acorn barnacles, and sand lie within the well of the bowl.