The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms

BKK Chan, N Dreyer, AS Gale… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
We present a comprehensive revision and synthesis of the higher-level classification of the
barnacles (Crustacea: Thecostraca) to the genus level and including both extant and fossils …

The biology and life cycle of enigmatic crustacean y-larvae: a review

N Dreyer, J Olesen, MJ Grygier… - … and Marine Biology, 2023‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Resolution of recalcitrant nodes in the Tree of Life has been substantially eased recently by
increased worldwide sampling and advancements in sequencing technology. It has become …

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

N Dreyer, JD Zardus, JT Høeg, J Olesen, MC Yu… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2020‏ - Springer
How larvae of whale and dolphin epibionts settle on their fast-swimming and migrating hosts
is a puzzling question in zoology. We successfully reared the larvae of the whale and …

How do whale barnacles live on their hosts? Functional morphology and mating-group sizes of Coronula diadema (Linnaeus, 1767) and Conchoderma auritum …

HK Kim, BKK Chan, CB Kang, HW Kim… - The Journal of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Whale-associated barnacles are intriguing in terms of their planktonic food sources, mating
habits, and mechanisms of host attachment. We present observations of the whale …

Attaching names to biological species: the use and value of type specimens in systematic zoology and natural history collections

R Sluys - Biological Theory, 2021‏ - Springer
Biological type specimens are a particular kind of voucher specimen stored in natural history
collections. Their special status and practical use are discussed in relation to the description …

Five hundred million years to mobility: directed locomotion and its ecological function in a turtle barnacle

BKK Chan, YH Wong, NJ Robinson… - … of the Royal …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Movement is a fundamental characteristic of life, yet some invertebrate taxa, such as
barnacles, permanently affix to a substratum as adults. Adult barnacles became 'sessile'over …

Characterization of longitudinal canal tissue in the acorn barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite

C Wang, JN Schultzhaus, CR Taitt, DH Leary… - PLoS …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
The morphology and composition of tissue located within parietal shell canals of the
barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite are described. Longitudinal canal tissue nearly spans the …

Sex allocation and maintenance of androdioecy in the pedunculated barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica)

N Dreyer, S Sørensen, Y Yusa… - Biological Journal of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Recent studies have shown that the number of individuals that can mate with each other (the
mating group size, MGS) is a major driving force in the evolution of sexual systems in …

In the footsteps of Darwin: dwarf male attachment sites in scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica)–implications for phylogeny and the evolution of …

N Dreyer, Y Yusa, A Gale, RR Melzer… - Zoological Journal of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Since Darwin, the presence of dwarf males in cirripedes has received much attention when
trying to understand the evolution of reproductive strategies. The Scalpellidae is a large and …

Studying extinct cirripedes during the 1850s: Charles Darwin and Joseph de Bosquet as 'Brothers in barnacles'

JWM Jagt - Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, 2020‏ - ceeol.com
Karol Darwin pracował nad swoją teorią o pochodzeniu gatunków od roku 1837 i choć był
bliski jej opublikowania już w 1844 roku, zdecydował się odłożyć publikację w celu jej …