How whale and dolphin barnacles attach to their hosts and the paradox of remarkably versatile attachment structures in cypris larvae

Sponge symbiosis is facilitated by adaptive evolution of larval sensory and attachment structures in barnacles

(2020) Meng-Chen Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

De novo innovation allows shark parasitism and global expansion of the barnacle Anelasma squalicola

(2019) David J. Rees et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Sex-specific metamorphosis of cypris larvae in the androdioecious barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) and its implications for the adaptive evolution of dwarf males

(2018) Niklas Dreyer et al.   PLoS One

Quantitative analysis of the complete larval settlement process confirms Crisp's model of surface selectivity by barnacles

(2018) Nick Aldred et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

When dwarf males and hermaphrodites copulate: first record of mating behaviour in a dwarf male using the androdioecious barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica)

(2017) Niklas Dreyer et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

First evidence for temporary and permanent adhesive systems in the stalked barnacle cyprid, Octolasmis angulata

(2017) Fook Choy Yap et al.   Scientific Reports

Morphology of Cyprid Attachment Organs Compared Across Disparate Barnacle Taxa: Does It Relate to Habitat?

(2016) Hamad Al-Yahya et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

How do coral barnacles start their life in their hosts?

(2016) Jennie Chien Wen Liu et al.   Biology Letters

Imaging SPR combined with stereoscopic 3D tracking to study barnacle cyprid–surface interactions

(2016) S. Maleshlijski et al.   SURFACE SCIENCE

Sequence basis of Barnacle Cement Nanostructure is Defined by Proteins with Silk Homology

(2016) Christopher R. So et al.   Scientific Reports

Sex determination in the androdioecious barnacleScalpellum scalpellum(Crustacea: Cirripedia)

(2015) Jens T. Høeg et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The origins and evolution of dwarf males and habitat use in thoracican barnacles

(2015) Hsiu-Chin Lin et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Living on the Edge: Settlement Patterns by the Symbiotic Barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on Small Cetaceans

(2015) Juan M. Carrillo et al.   PLoS One

On the Origin of a Novel Parasitic-Feeding Mode within Suspension-Feeding Barnacles

(2014) David John Rees et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny, systematics and morphological evolution of the acorn barnacles (Thoracica: Sessilia: Balanomorpha)

(2014) Marcos Pérez-Losada et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Reproductive strategy of two deep-sea scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) associated with decapods and pycnogonids and the first description of a penis in scalpellid dwarf males

(2013) Lene Buhl-Mortensen et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Occurrence of Amphibalanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) (Cirripedia, Balanidae) on Crocodylus acutus (Reptilia, Crocodylia) in Colima, Mexico

(2012) A. H. Escobedo-Galván et al.   CRUSTACEANA

Biomechanics of Larval Morphology Affect Swimming: Insights from the Sand Dollars Dendraster excentricus

(2012) K. Y. K. Chan   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Barnacle bonding: Morphology of attachment of Xenobalanus globicipitis to its host Tursiops truncatus

(2012) Mark C. Pugliese et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Metamorphosis in the Cirripede Crustacean Balanus amphitrite

(2012) Diego Maruzzo et al.   PLoS One

Toward an Understanding of the Molecular Mechanisms of Barnacle Larval Settlement: A Comparative Transcriptomic Approach

(2011) Zhang-Fan Chen et al.   PLoS One

Killer whales in South African waters—a review of their biology

(2010) P B Best et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Microbial Biofilms Facilitate Adhesion in Biofouling Invertebrates

(2010) John D. Zardus et al.   BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Diverse life strategies in two coral-inhabiting barnacles (Pyrgomatidae) occupying the same host (Cyphastrea chalcidicum), in the northern Gulf of Eilat

(2010) I. Brickner et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Antennular specialization in cyprids of coral-associated barnacles

(2010) I. Brickner et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Swimming performance as a constraint on larval morphology in plutei

(2010) TW Clay et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Antennular sensory organs in cyprids of balanomorphan cirripedes: standardizing terminology usingMegabalanus rosa

(2009) Jan Bielecki et al.   BIOFOULING

The monophyletic origin of a remarkable sexual system in akentrogonid rhizocephalan parasites: A molecular and larval structural study

(2009) Henrik Glenner et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

The adhesive strategies of cyprids and development of barnacle-resistant marine coatings

(2008) Nick Aldred et al.   BIOFOULING