Other Names

• Comomon Goose Barnacle
• Gooseneck Barnacle
• Duck Barnacle
• Smooth Goose-neck Barnacle
• Smooth Goose Barnacle

General Description

A stalked barnacle with five side plates. Plates smooth and white with faint orange-brown outline. Stalk long and thin, up to four times length of plates. Plates up to 5 cm long and 25 mm wide, stalk up to 20 cm long.

Biology

These barnacles attach to floating objects such as drift wood. Colonies of multiple barnacles can wash ashore, still attached to their floating home. The stranded colony may survive a short time on the beach and the cirri can be seen moving but it will not live long in this environment.

Habitat

Tropical and temperate oceans, attached to floating objects.

Open water

Coastal shores

Distribution guide

Worldwide. Southern Australia.

Species Group

Barnacles › Stalked barnacles

Depth

Shore (0-1 m)

Water Column

Surface

Max Size

25 cm

Diet

Plankton or Particles

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Recorded in Australia

Species Code

MoV 1782

Identify

• Barnacles

Conservation Status

• DSE Advisory List : Not listed
• EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed
• IUCN Red List : Not listed