Dosima fascicularis

Dosima fascicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Subclass: Cirripedia
Order: Scalpellomorpha
Family: Lepadidae
Genus: Dosima
Species:
D. fascicularis
Binomial name
Dosima fascicularis
(Ellis & Solander, 1786) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Lepas fascicularis Ellis & Solander, 1786
  • Lepas cygnea Spengler, 1790
  • Lepas dilata Donovan, 1804
  • Pentalasmis spirulicola Leach, 1818
  • Pentalasmis donovani Leach, 1818
  • Anatiffia vitrea Lamarck, Coates, 1829
  • Lepas fasciculata Montagu, Coates, 1829
  • Pentalepas vitrea Lesson, 1830
  • Anatifa oceanica Quoy & Gaimard in Dumont d'Urville, 1832-1835
Group of buoy barnacles attached to a float they constructed themselves

The buoy barnacle (Dosima fascicularis) is a species of goose barnacle known for its unique characteristic of hanging downwards from a floating appendage which drifts at the water surface and is carried along by ocean currents. It is regarded as "the most specialised pleustonic goose barnacle"[3] as most other barnacle species are sessile filter feeders that remain fixed onto other firm surfaces.

  1. ^ "Dosima fascicularis (Ellis and Solander, 1786)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Weisbord was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lanna Cheng; Ralph A. Lewin (1974). "Goose barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) on flotsam beached at La Jolla, California" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin. 74 (1): 212–217.