Tags: Crustacean.

Dosima fascicularis the buoy barnacle is the most specialised pleustonic goose barnacle species. It hangs downwards from the water surface held up by a float of its own construction and is carried along by ocean currents.

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binomial authority
John Ellis (naturalist)
class
Barnacle, Maxillopoda
family
Lepadidae
kingdom
Animal
order
Goose barnacle
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*, *Anatiffia vitrea (Lamarck Coates 1829), *Lepas cygnea (Spengler 1790), *Lepas dilata (Donovan 1804), *Lepas fascicularis (Ellis & Solander 1786), *Pentalasmis donovani (Leach 1818), *Pentalasmis spirulicola (Leach 1818), *Pentalepas vitrea (Lesson 1830), *Anatifa oceanica (Quoy & Gaimard in Dumont d'Urville 1832-1835)

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