When you think of barnacles, you likely picture shell-like creatures stuck to the sides of boats or docks, or even whales. However, did you know that some of the barnacles that attach to other animals ...

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Zoologists from St Petersburg University have investigated the muscular and lacunar systems of the externa of rhizocephalan barnacles (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala)—a group of parasitic crustaceans. The ...

Parasitic barnacles of the infraclass Rhizocephala exemplify extreme host manipulation within marine ecosystems. Endoparasitic adults abandon most free‐living features to invade decapod crustaceans, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Facetotectans are microscopic crustacean larvae that have never been seen as adults. Only the larval and juvenile phases of these creatures are known ...

Three-dimensional model of a parasitic barnacle (S. hippolytes) on its shrimp host (P. brevirostris), showing the inner network (yellow) elaborated by the parasite, the parasite's reproductive organ ...