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It has a shell but it is not a mollusk i.e. it is not a snail or a clam.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThey have a hard shell (a skelleton is made of bones, their shell is just calcium) and they live in their shell and only come out as the tide rises and their shell becomes exposed to water.
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∙ 12y agoyes, yes they are and I am awesome!
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Are barnacles poisonous to dogs?
If a dog eats a barnacle there is no serious health risk to the animal. The animal may feel uncomfortable and possibly vomit.
Is a barnacle a mollusk?
Yes an octopus is a mollusk. More specifically, it is a cephalopod.
How do barnacles stick to rocks?
Barnacles are able to stick to rocks because they secrete and adhesive substance. This allows them to also stick to any and everything that they are able to.
How big do barnacles get?
3 and a half for females and 4 for males
What class of arthropods dominates the sea?
crustaceans
Are barnacles insects?
Barnacles are crustaceans( a type of arthropods)
What are five crustaceans?
Five examples of crustaceans: crabs, lobsters, barnacles, shrimps, and krill Barnacles are not a crustacean.
What are marine filter-feeding crustaceans?
Barnacles are an example of marine filter feeding crustaceans.
Is a barnacle an insect or arachnid?
Neither. Barnacles are crustaceans.
Is barnacles a reptiles?
No they are crustaceans, a type of shellfish or mollusk.
Does a crustaceans have a backbone?
Crustaceans are invertebrates - they have an exoskeleton but no internal bones.
What are crustaceans called when they cement itself to an object when it is young?
Barnacles
What is crustecea?
Crustacea refers to crustaceans, a subphylum of primarily aquatic arthropods. Crustaceans include crabs, lobstersm shrimp, crayfish, barnacles, krill, and woodlice.
Why are whales and barnacles buddies?
They aren't symbiotic : the barnacles (crustaceans related to crabs) are parasites on the whale's skin, and will also attach to boats, docks, and other marine locations.
Do crabs eat barnecles?
Crabs do eat other crustaceans like barnacles, krill, shrimp and crayfish.
Which animals are crustaceans?
Crabs, hermit crabs, ghost shrimp, shrimp, barnacles, lobsters, isopods, amphipods.
How did the discovery of nauplius larvae allow scientists to categorize barnacles and tongue worms as crustaceans?
it helped them to see that only the crustaceans could have nauplius so now they identified it as a crustacean
