Goose barnacles, also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. Goose barnacles formerly made up the taxonomic order Pedunculata, but the group has been found to be polyphyletic, with its members scattered across multiple orders of the infraclass Thoracica. #goosebarnacle #animalworld #Nature Natural World 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔. | Natural World

These fascinating crustaceans are goose barnacles. They live in unmistakably dense colonies, often attaching themselves to marine objects. They occasionally get washed up around our shores. 🌊🤍 Have you ever seen a goose barnacle? 🎥 Lucy McRobert #Winterwatch ❄️ | BBC Springwatch

If you've ever seen goose barnacles you may have asked yourself how they got their name, because they really don't look much like birds to us. #12DaysOfChristmas | Natural History Museum, London