Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834
(barnacles)

Interactions where Cirripedia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live is predated by adult MURICIDAE a family of whelks and oyster drills Neogastropoda British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Neogastropoda/Muricidae/Muricidaea family of whelks and oyster drillsadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnacleslive adult is predator of live
gill gill is lived on by UK/Ireland Epistylis a genus of peritrich ciliates Sessilida: Epistylididae An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles, Rainbow, P.S., 1984
 /Chromista/Ciliophora/Oligohymenophorea/Sessilida/Epistylididae/Epistylis/Epistylisa genus of peritrich ciliates Animal / epizoiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnaclesgill lives on gill
mantle mantle is lived on by UK/Ireland Epistylis a genus of peritrich ciliates Sessilida: Epistylididae An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles, Rainbow, P.S., 1984
 /Chromista/Ciliophora/Oligohymenophorea/Sessilida/Epistylididae/Epistylis/Epistylisa genus of peritrich ciliates Animal / epizoiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnaclesmantle lives on mantle
mid-gut mid-gut is endoparasitised by UK/Ireland Cephaloidophora communis a gregarine protozoan Sporozoa An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles, Rainbow, P.S., 1984
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Cephaloidophora communis/Cephaloidophora communisa gregarine protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnaclesmid-gut endoparasitises mid-gut
mid-gut mid-gut is endoparasitised by UK/Ireland Pyxinoides balani a gregarine Sporozoa An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles, Rainbow, P.S., 1984
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Pyxinoides balani/Pyxinoides balania gregarine Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Maxillopoda/Cirripedia/Cirripediabarnaclesmid-gut endoparasitises mid-gut

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London
Rainbow, P.S., 1984An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral BarnaclesField Studies 6: 1-51.

Cirripedia (barnacles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
RHIZOCEPHALA
parasitic barnacles
Superorder 7 subtaxa 10 trophisms 1 references
THORACICA
acorn and goose barnacles
Superorder 7 subtaxa 11 trophisms 12 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraclassCirripedia (barnacles)
SubclassTHECOSTRACA (barnacles)
ClassMAXILLOPODA (a class of crustaceans)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cirripedia (barnacles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 2: Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Cladocera, Facetotecta, Cirripedia and Copepoda Occasional Publications, No. 25, 163pp, Marine Biological Association
de Kluijver, M.J. & S.S. Ingalsuo, S.S. Crustacea wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/crustacea.php

Cirripedia (barnacles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rainbow, P.S. 1984 An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles Field Studies 6: 1-51.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cirripedia (barnacles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 57 images of Cirripedia (barnacles)

The number of wall plates (4 or 6) is an important diagnostic feature for identifying acorn barnacle. Unfortunately in many species they fuse together, or merge with neighbours as the barnacle grows. These can be assumed to have 6 plates as in those with 4 (Elminius & Verruca) the plates generally remain disitnct.

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