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 …

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 …

Evaluating reasons for biased sex ratios in Crustacea

C Ewers-Saucedo - Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
While equal ratios of males and females are normal, crustacean sex ratios are frequently
biased. Here I review potential reasons for sex ratio biases in animals, and evaluate how …

Structural specialties, curiosities, and record‐breaking features of crustacean reproduction

G Vogt - Journal of Morphology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Crustaceans are a morphologically, physiologically, and ecologically highly diverse animal
group and correspondingly diverse are their reproductive characteristics. They have evolved …

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

MC Yu, N Dreyer, GA Kolbasov… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Symbiotic relations and range of host usage are prominent in coral reefs and crucial to the
stability of such systems. In order to explain how symbiotic relations are established and …

the caring crustacean”: an overview of crustacean parental care

AV Palaoro, M Thiel, RD Cothran, M Thiel - Reproductive Biology, 2020‏ - books.google.com
Many crustacean species are known to provide parental care, with behaviors ranging from
ventilating the eggs to providing food for young. This chapter provides an overview of …

Hermaphroditism and gonochorism

C Benvenuto, SC Weeks, RD Cothran… - The natural history of …, 2020‏ - books.google.com
This chapter compares two sexual systems: hermaphroditism (each individual can produce
gametes of either sex) and gonochorism (each individual produces gametes of only one of …

Abundance, placement and sexual identity of the epizoic barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria relative to the size and species of host turtles in Mabul Island, Malaysia

KK Lim, MAS Hussein, P Palaniappan - Journal of the Marine …, 2020‏ - cambridge.org
Sea turtles are partners in commensal relationships with a variety of epibionts, including
barnacles. The acorn barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria is one species commonly found …

[HTML][HTML] Sex-specific metamorphosis of cypris larvae in the androdioecious barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) and its implications for …

N Dreyer, J Olesen, RB Dahl, BK Kan Chan, JT Høeg - PLoS One, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Androdioecy (co-existence of hermaphrodites and dwarf males) is a fascinating yet poorly
understood phenomenon. The pedunculated barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum is an …

Shift of feeding mode in an epizoic stalked barnacle inducing gall formation of host sea urchin

L Yamamori, M Kato - Iscience, 2020‏ - cell.com
Among diverse stalked barnacles, Rugilepas pearsei (Thoracica: Cirripedia: Arthropoda) is
a rare unique species that is associated with echinoids and has highly atrophied cirri. We …