Other Names

• Four-valved Stalked Barnacle

General Description

Four pointed side plates that look like a claw or finger nail at the end of a stalk. Stalk brown and covered with hard brown hairs. Up to 3 cm long, 5 mm wide.

Biology

These are the only stalked barnacle living permanently on Victorian rocky shores. Other stalked barnacles (goose barnacles) are seen washed-up attached to driftwood, and are not covered with hair.

Habitat

Under rocks, in damp crevices and among colonies of tube worms, at mid-tide level.

Reefs

Coastal shores

Distribution guide

Southern Australia.

Species Group

Barnacles › Stalked barnacles

Depth

Shore (0-1 m)
Shallow (1-30 m)

Water Column

On or near sea floor

Max Size

3 cm

Diet

Plankton or Particles

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Native to Australia

Identify

• Barnacles

Conservation Status

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