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Mobility in Lepadomorph Barnacles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Michael Kugele
Affiliation:
School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Askew Street, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL57 5EY
Andy B. Yule
Affiliation:
School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Askew Street, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL57 5EY

Extract

Circumstantial evidence of mobility by the lepadomorph barnacle genus Pollicipes in the literature is supported by observations at Menai Bridge which indicate that the phenomenon is real. Although slow, movement may be in response to gravity, as a positive taxis, or light, as a negative taxis.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1993

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